The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-04-13
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You S do BOW. IN ye Presence Of
God. and these Witnesses. take T. 10
he your WE
Promising that no far as shall be con.
s.slent with 70 Relation which you
now Sustain. a. a Servant, you viii
Perform We Part q an Husband towards
her; And in Particular, you Promise
ghAt yon will Lew her: And that, As ye
shall have 20 Opportunity 4 Ability, ys
~il take 5 proper Care Of her IN Sick
ness and Health. in Prosperity a Ad-
yersity
Aud that you will bo True a Fa,ih-
~! 70 Der. and will Csaye to her cry
- losg as God, in his Providence, shall
continue your and her Abode in such
Place Tor Places as that you can con.
vcnisntly come together you
thus Promisef
You K DO now, ia 80 Presence Of
God and these Witnesses, Take S. TO
be your Hu1Gnd
Promising, that 40 far "a your pres
ont Relation. as . Servant shall admit,
you will Perform the Part of Wife 70
him And in Particular,
Yon Promise. that you will Love
him And that as you have the Oppor-
tuni,y 4 Ability, you will take a proper
Care Of him in Sickness and Health, in
Prosperity & Adversely
And that you will be True & Faith
ful 10 him, and viii Cleaye TO him only,
20 long as God, in bis Providence, shall
continue your and his Abode in such
Place Cor Places as 'hat you can con-
vonientiy come togethorDo you
thus Promisoi
J. then, agreeable TO your Request,
and with yo consent OF your Masters 4
MistreSses, do Declare, that you have
License given you to be cousersani and
familiar together, as Husband and We,
40 long as God shall continue your Pla-
ces Of Abode IA aforesaid; And so long
as you Shall behave yourselves as 1t
becometh Servants 10 doe:
For You must, both Of you, bear in
mind. that you Remain Still, as really
and truly as ever, your Masters Prop
erty, and therefore it viii be Justly ex-
pected, both by God and Man, that you
behave and conduct yourselves, as
otedicnt and faithful Servants towards
your respective Masters and Mattresses
for the Time being;
And finally, / EIhors and Charge you
to beware lest you give place TO the
Devil, so as TO take Occasion from tho
License now given yon, TO be lifted up
with Pride, and thereby fall uuder the
d~ispleasnre. not Of Man only. but Of
God also; for, it is written that God re-
sisteth the Proud. but be givcth Grace
10 the humble:
/ shall now conclude with Prayer for
you, tha, You may become good Christ
ians, and that you may DO enabled to
conduct as such; and in particular,
that you may have grace to behave suit
ably towards each other, as also duti-
fully towards your Mastars & Mistress
es, Not with Eye-Serviice, as Men Pleas
srs, but SIS We servants Of Christ, doing
ye VIII Of God from ye heart, Sc.
(ExpoEsEnl NEoRoE-M ARnn0E.
Thus the mutual pledges Of these
poor creatures we're formally in Terms
made subordinate TO their relations as
slaves their personal fidelity TO each
other TO depend on their respective pIa-
ccs Of residence for The time being. ard
their matrimonial privilege or license
TO be eonVsssAnt and familiar together,
IS Husband and Wife" was 10 continue
a. long AS they lived in The same neigh
borhood and during good behaviour
Both these conditions we're Of course
determined by the owners
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