Excerpt from The Family in Its Civil and Churchly Aspects: An Essay, in Two Parts Science and will, and appointed as ruler over the creatures. Then from his substance an exact counterpart was fashioned, the reflection of his own being; the mode of her derivation establishing identity of nature, and a unity which is not weakened by diversity. When given to him as a helpmeet, these remarkable words are added: Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh That is to say, it is the province of the man, as the head of the woman, to step first from the limits of his own home, and to become the founder of a new house. Neither State nor Church could exist, but of materials which the Family affords. Hence, it is historically true, that the Family expands through the tribe into the na tion; and the Church has thrice been founded within its bosom. It would be Strange, there fore, if, under. Every Dispensation through which she has passed, this genetic development were not recognized in her organic law, by which. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.