CHURCH AND DIVORCE
A SACRED CONTRACT “GIVE AND FORGIVE” CITY MISSIONER’S ADVICE “If only married couples would try to give and forgive, facing life hand in hand, they would never come to that ‘nagging’ stage which is so often reached when things look dark.” Coming as it does Crom the Rev. iasper Calder, a social worker of long standing, this little bit of advice to the married is worth noting. The city missioner, in a further address on social problems at the mission yesterday evening, told his hearers that the teachings of Christ distinctly authorised divorce, but onlv on one ground—that of adultery. “Marriage is a sacred contract,” said Mr. Calder, “but it is none the less a business contract.” “God acknowledged that misconduct breaks the marriage vow,” he continued, “and yet there are ecclesiastics in this city who say there is no such thing as divorce.”
“There is, aM if the Archbishop of Canterbury denied it I would cross swords with him, every time.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 33, 2 May 1927, Page 1
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