In view of the present agitation to change the English law as to Divorce, the Presbytery, while recognising certain defects in the English law, would take this opportunity of reaffirming the confessional doctrine on the subject. The Westminster divines, while recognising that the corruption of man is apt to study arguments for the putting asunder of those whom God hath joined together, lay stress on the fact that (1) nothing but adultery, or (2) wilful desertion, is a sufficient cause for dissolving the marriage tie. By “wilful desertion” they mean such desertion as can in no way be remedied by the Church or civil magistrate.