Socialism and Marriage

Socialism is the religion of humanity, and humanism exalts man to the place of God. Socialism proposes to abolish the family and the institution of marriage. It is a logical doctrine of the creed because one of the fundamental principles of socialism is that “society” is responsible for the care and training of all children from their birth and is bound to discharge to every child the obligations which now rest upon its parents. Thus, the family, as an institution for the nurture, protection, and instruction of children, will be no longer needed, and its utility, having ceased, it will be abolished as an outgrown device.

In the new order of things, marriage will have become a superfluous institution; marriage is already under attack as an unnecessary restraint upon human liberty. Why should such limitation be imposed? By what authority are “free human beings” to be restricted in a matter of personal choice of the very highest moment? Certainly, this marriage-yoke was not imposed upon humanity by “the will of the people,” and, inasmuch as the will of the people is the “supreme law,” society has power and authority to abolish the bondage and to establish perfect liberty of the sexes. The Spirit of God, speaking “expressly,” says that “in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils…forbidding to marry.”

Marriage was the first institution which God ordained for human society, Genesis 2:24: “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.” It is the ONE and ONLY survival of man’s state of original innocence. It is, hence, the LAST divine institution to be set aside by man in the exercise of his unrestrained will. The determined assault on the institution of marriage, which is now being carried on, is a striking indication that man is nearing the very end of his rebellious doings.

Society as a whole is being rapidly educated to accept the teaching of socialism. Divorce statistics have forced themselves upon public attention, yet have been made the subject of some warnings by those who appreciate the dangers and evils into which this tendency is leading. As is usually the case with public warnings, they impress only those who have no need of them. The “affinity” doctrines and practices are doing their part to banish from the minds of the people the idea of the sacredness of marriage. The news publications, magazines, novels, plays, and TV of the day are making their contribution to destroy the minds of young and old.

Is it not alarming that respect for modesty in apparel in our generation is almost abolished? This also is one of the evils why the present generation has become so demoralized in respect to the state of the sacredness of marriage. This can be observed at home, on the street, and in some instances even in the house of God. Respect for God’s institution to live godly is fearlessly trampled upon. Therefore, it is highly essential that parents, pastors, and teachers warn our generation in love as to this God-dishonoring mode of dress which shall bring His judgments upon us, when we shall have lost all control of our children and socialism shall have gained its influence over them—no love for God or His precepts, no love and respect for parents, no love for law and order—a slave to our lusts and a slave of socialism. May we all give heed to the serious warnings in God’s Holy Word. “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful” (Psalm 1:1).

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