...adopt the sentiments of the Battle Axe Letter, and address Mr. Noyes as follows : — " / call this woman my wife — she is yours, she is Christ's, and in him she is the bride of all saints." CHAPTER XIX. Bible Secretiveness. An editorial article under the above heading, published in the Spiritual...

...adopt the sentiments of the Battle Axe Letter, and address Mr. Noyes as follows : — " / call this woman my wife — she is yours, she is Christ's, and in him she is the bride of all saints." CHAPTER XIX; Bible Secretiveness. An editorial article under the above heading, published in the Spiritual...

...exclusiveness. I <•;,!] u certain woman my wife; she is yours; she in Christ's; and in Him bho is tho bride of all saints. She is dear in the hands of a...I rejoice. My claim upon her cuts directly across tho marriage covenant of this world, and God knows tho end. ' Write, if you wish to hear from mo. "Yours...

...drinking should be ; and there is as little occasion for shame in the one case as in the other. ... I call a certain woman my wife ; she is yours ; she is 's ; she is the bride of all sainte. She is dear in the hands of a stranger." (a) This extract shows...

...of the marriage supper may have each his favourite dish, each a dish of his own procuring, and that without the jealousy of exclusiveness. I call a certain...she is the bride of all saints. She is dear in the hand of a stranger, and according to my promise to her, I rejoice. My claim upon her cuts directly...

...drinking should be — anil there is as little occasion for shame in the one case as the other. ... I call a certain woman my wife. She is yours, she is Christ's anil in him she is the bride of all saints. She is dear in the hand of a stranger, ahd according to...

...marriage. Exclusiveness, jealousy, quarreling have no place at the marriage supper of the Lamb. ... I call a certain woman my wife. She is yours, she...and in him she is the bride of all saints. She is now in the hands of a stranger, and according to my promise to her I rejoice. My claim upon her cuts...

...which every dish is free to every guest. Exclusiveness, jealousy, quarrelling, have no place there ... I call a certain woman my wife; she is yours, she ... is the bride of all the saints.' At Oneida, this idea was made a reality (though there were some safeguards...

...marriage," so in the community of the already perfect there could be no "jealousy of exclusiveness." "1 call a certain woman my wife — she is yours, she...is the bride of all saints . . . she is dear in the hand of a stranger, and ... I rejoice."20 As news of the Putney Perfectionist community's beliefs and...

...heavens and the new earth that God was to create, the "jealousy of exclusiveness" was to be unknown. "I call a certain woman my wife — she is yours,...Christ's, and in him she is the bride of all saints, "he mused. "She is dear in the hand of a stranger, and . . . I rejoice. My claim upon her cuts directly...