The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-23 00:00:00

MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER.

AT a MEETING of the Board of Baptist
Ministers, residing in and near tlse cities of London and West-
minster, held in the Baptist Mission House, oorgate-street, Feb.
12, 1850, the following resolutions were passed unanimously :
1. That in the judgment of this Board, the marriage of a widower
with the sister of his deceased wife is scripturally lawful, and ought
not to be prohibited by human legislation.
2. That in the judgment of this Board, the Act of sth and Gth
William IT cap. 54, is improperly restrictive of the rights of indivi-
duals, and in many cases productive of immorality.
3. That this Board has learnt with pleasure that the Committee
of the Baptist Union has issued a circular, recommending the
churches to petition for the passing of an Act legalizing the class of
marriages thus prohibited, and hopes that they will generally comply
with the suggestion.
4. That a petition in conformity with the preceding resolutions be
presented to both Houses of Parliament, signed on behalf of the
Board by the Chairman and Secretary; and that Mr. Hinton, with
the Chairman and Secretary, be requested to prepare it.
(Signed) JAMES SMITH, Chairman.
WILLIAM GROSER, Secretary.

MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER.
THE INDEPENDENT BOARD.

AT a MEETING, specially convened and held on
Tuesday, the 19th of February, MO, at the King's Head,
Poultry, it was resolved unanimously :-
Ist. That in the judgment of this Board there is no reason either
in Holy Scripture or in sound morals against "a Widower marrying
his Deceased Wife's Sister or Niece," that they therefore deprecate
any legal provisions on the subject, and especially they object to the
present state of the law in relation to it as at once most unwise, en-
snaring, and unjust.
2d. That this Board do forthwith petition Parliament on this sub-
ject, and that they earnestly recommend that petitions should be pre-
pared and forwarded from the several congregations with which they
are connected.

ANDREW REED, D.D., Chairman,
11. S. SEABORN, Secretary.

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EDWARD LADD BETTS, Chairman.
JOSEPH GLYNN, Deputy-Chairman.
By order,

C. P. RONEY, Secretary.

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