Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-10-01
The Mormon Marriage Ritual,

Salt Lake cor. New York Herald.l
Here is the Mormon marriage cere-
mony, which has never before seen day
light in a newspaper:
When the day set apart for the solemn
ization of the marriage ceremony has
arrived, the bridegroom and his wife and
also the bride, together with their rela-
tives and such other guests as may be
invited, assemble at the place which they
have appointed The scribe then pro-
ceeds to take the names, ages, native
towns, counties, States and countries of
the parties to be married, which he care
fully enters upon record. The president,
who is the prophet, seer and revelator
over the whole church throughout the
world, and who alone holds the keys "
of authority in this solemn ordinance
las recorded in the second end fifth par
agraphs of the Revelation on Mar
rage calls upon the bridegroom and
his wife and the bride to arise, which
they do, fronting the president. The
wife stands on the left hand of her hus-
band while the bride stands on her left
The president then puts the question to
the wife:
"Are you willing to give this woman
to your husband to be his lawful and
welded wife for time and for all eternity
If YOU are you will manifest it by placing
her right hand within the right hand of
your husband" The right hand of the
bridegroom and bride being thus Joined,
the wife takes her husband by the left
arm, as if in the attitude of walking.
The president then proceeds to ask the
following questions of the man:
do you, brother (calling him by
name) take sister (calling the bride by
her name) by the right hand, to receive
he- unto yourself to be your lawful and
welded wife, and you t. be her lawful
and welded husband tor time and for ali
eternity, with covenant and promise
on ysur part that you will fulfill all the
laws, rites or ordinances pertaining to
this holy matrimony, in the new and
everlasting covenant, doing this in the
presence Of God angels and witnesses,
of your own free will and choice?
The bridegroom answers Yes" The
president then puts the question to the
bride:
DO you, sister (calling her by name),
take brother (calling him by name) by
the right hand and give yourself to him,
to be his lagtul and Ioedded Iotfe for
time and eternity, with a covenant and
promise on your part that you will fulfill
all the laws, rites and ordinances per-
tanning to this holy mstrimony, in the
new and everlasting covenant, doing
this in the presence Of God, angels and
these witnesses, Of your own free will
and choiceY
The bride answers Yes.
The president then says:
I'm the name Of the Lord Jesus
Christ, and by the authority OF the holy
priesthood, / pronounce you legally and
lawfully man and wife, for time and all
eternity, and / seal upon you the bless
ings Of the resurrection, with power to
come forth 10 the morning OF the first
resurrection, clothed with glory, immor-
talties, principalities and powers and
exaltations together with the blessings
Of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and say
unto You be faithful and multiply and
replenish the earth, that you may have
Joy and rejoicing in your prosperity IN
the day OF the Lord Jesus. All these
blessings, together with all other bless
ings pertaining IN the new and eYerlast-
ing covenant, ! seal upon your heads,
through your faithfulness unto the end,
by the authority Of the holy priesthood
in the name Of the Father and the Son
and the Holy Ghost.