, 1874-01-17
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10 the Lutheran minister in onminf for wv in te ministerial hooks tho anna Hm mmnd oToo
relations stand in lieu Of baptism
s s5 j" %s "' @f '' '"' children :" Sc y '''''" omitted IN any Of the SAID religious
Ad As 4s early y as the s year 45 1s33 3s d%a % ct s8a45%f 5@ @1 5ss s ms SS of ) and G& Of Law .. of 18TH
religions congregation nay be administered by the minister the 6jlegrom or by the minister
lands IL consideration however Of the opinion and the views hsm time preyasntor "an events
t5 Heo @o n% s1% The n ~roa G %, %5 G 5wf ne 7 Shoq Ta-as wa" 'w moe 6r f@@ Sa io ya19hy. to 'fbe extend 5m
traction Of marriage RAG s% before It! The civ EVIL %1 magistrate Without viii % @pp Performance n%o Of %e as r%s bet b@v %%
religious omgesaon bee recognized. It vn sappns@dei that BY recognizing civil marriage t&s
enInyo~ towards the promotion Of regular marriages amongst hatPnt of the population which
s9@s5 that AMONGST the oT% order. The ii%s Of 3%y fe" Ss o@a not b @@naosin face face
civ c4m @nn95T r' t by 5@ n9 mns R4s% h. fd% 0o%a 3% M1 did n% T9 [ n %r%s og9I n6,f 4 o%ye
s%s a %%x % ds%s5% from (: 55 35%5 %d Of The the s foS SS5o"' However, %8o"ns"dns
Law Of Of 18Th % H IH % 1ssa ap p 5s% I % %o colonies da' r %s es s1"1S 'B 5s GoSa%m s5t" vs % aah5d %i
Otherwise in such case eur IN o5a4 being duly obs.r%@ 1 mndsgsh 6 to Be performed y
d a@% %%s so %F %s e@ % s 5%%s s9;i o % t% &' e"sp' Of o1 'as"aS 5f the H S%sad %oS @ b5 i% as
the existence off, especial reasons inf favor thereof with regard to the position ome parents and the
The concession thus made in the direction Of religious freedom, was indeed, not of great
d dn@% 6r %a a "% 5t PS & p Goosa d 6% %i n % I aiaH %5sS o as of n s3es" ~n1o.i as ss S%Soa' oyd o %s
n@ %s %%o of ne"s ' %35 %@ys % to r d&4 N 3 5% %o% Wy s y%s the S% sS Of Ps equal 'H asb s%a
with hat Of the 1%6saos: T1 Administrator Of he %sTaS%s d1 as j he case q Of marriage
n5@ brought up; and the precedence Of the Lutheran church did, properly speaking amount to
THE @5 5o there m oD% R@% 9% m when o@ desired bJ By y the o parties sa o ae9 q@a perform 6n the %a%g9ads to
7"g that in po ooa a mixed mI mannogo the GG@o s&0 Always p BE- p"fonne d% by teL %S Tn mn%r
already observed now enacted that exception could be made With regard to TaoIto, a marriage
4pH l@ Gu cam ISSUED %% BY G GoT@% @%%@ ID oo9@%@~ " ~Gs it T smls s "onn %o Ho o% the oo% m as
Ills Easily seen that state of%s9aeay created by means Of restrictions imposed relative to
fep"%a9 gE$% %d ia asP G %% % L aWo H853 f @ %pae1iG T af %t oa S%9 %&sr i n& oI fn%on
an and al @ %% ra %%5 the the c aoo@ G%h ~ which %@ Plumbers @s o%o a&%S q psp@ H%1 of %d 3s p%s;
tn umlasntu conflicts have frequently occurred in which it has, been the painful duty of Govern
mnt to maintain madnmnst that cmln no bnef be considered equitable For this raun the
idea which led the representation of the draft in 1852 has not been abandoned. But the need of
liberty in 1852 cndderds sufficient ty Government, nWtn needs become iufcmtn the course
of i'm and perfect religious freedom being established it teclna especially necessary to introduce
a reform in smha manner that even nonTec2gnzel religious congregations are not by clerical
compknn excluded from cWlH rights and, especially from contracting marriage witt civil vahnv.
For this reason drafts of Ordinance pmpring to regulate the entire position of the different
riious congregational nave been framed even before the Colonial Law of 1868; but chiefly
owing to the circumstance that the denand concerning the ION rcognzd religions has remained
mauenddn to, ted draft shave not benf uHheed.
Within thero own precincts thed different aggregation TO- however, move with perfect freedom,
and hence there exists no nce%ty 6reAmngh the former idea: to cause at once by means of
extensive rlnanesa rvhn OF the clerical relations in the Islands, a measure by which the
dmm1f for He regulation of the marriage rltonS-ad demand which is bcomig more and more
uront-woud mtp probably be postponed for long time To open access in accordance with
the relations in the mohercUnuy to civil marriage as naded by Law IF 18th April 1851 would
thus apper to be the only way proceed. Closely connected with this stands the eyenHon of
LawofAh March 1857 by which the compulsory measures enacted by Ordinance 3Wh Nay1 1885,.
s sand 6 against parents w0 do not aeh their children to beb baptized With the time fixed
are repealed, namuh IS it must be acknowledged that while civil compushn is euledm the
noIercopnhy rout to be used in these islands as a means of nsurng til efm6Ument of
an obligation which at present must be considered as concerning the church only. A, the
Ordinance Both Mv1 1928 according the Re@npt of 9th April 1881 applies sMy to the Evan
oeGa Lutheran congregation, the latter relation is however,, of minor Importance and reach of
application
aaaAAahn thnf haMa MaG civil macELe the amSMuc ua osnMal