Birth Control
1927 The Concordia Cyclopedia
Birth Control
The Bible very emphatically does not sanction movements of this kind. One of the objects of marriage is the procreation of children, and this cannot be set aside by whim or selfishness. Christians must become more and more conscious of the grandeur and prerogative of marriage and of offspring in marriage.
1921 Carl Manthey-Zorn Northwestern Publishing House
Prevention of Pregnancy
How can such hearts be graced with faith and fear of the Lord and with the mind of a child of God? How can God’s blessing rest upon such a home? We verily believe that God’s wrath hovers there.
1923 The Northwestern Lutheran
Whom Shall I Marry?
Our characters are insensibly moulded by those with whom we pass our time. To none does this apply so much as to married people. Husbands and wives are continually doing either good or harm to one another's souls.
1921 Carl Manthey-Zorn Concordia Publishing House
The Blessed Vocation of Motherhood
What a blessed thing to be a wife and mother! This is a vocation that is well-pleasing unto God, for God has instituted the estate of matrimony and ordained all that it comprises.
1924 Hans Manthey Zorn The Lutheran Witness
Courtship and Marriage: Conduct of the Betrothed and Newly Married
The rearing of a family, the raising of children, is the proper function of the holy estate of matrimony. There the purity of the nation is preserved. There is the blessing of God.