Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-10-14
China wedding.

marriage OIL Kew. ri. v. b. EuanS and
lady took place at the parsonage in
Reynoldsburg on the 18th ult. About
one hundred and fifty persons were
present, bringing with them provis-
ions sufficient to feed a small army.
Among those present on the occasion
we noticed Dr. NJ D. Brock and lady,
Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Sargent all eff
Columbus. AS is customary on such
occasions, there were at hand the prop
er gifts, such as China dinner and tea
set, gold band, knives and forks,
spoons. and q handsome private gift,
amounting in all to about two hundred
dollars. The presents from Pickering
ton Society were presented by n. P.
Bethel, with pleasant little speech.
D. II. Rea presented the presents from
Taylor Station, with a neat and
toHching little speech. Professor D.
J.. Snyder, in presenting the presents
from ReyneldsbuFg society made quite
feeling and touching address. After
replenishing the inner man with a mag
niffcent dinner, and spending two or
three hours in social chat and enjoy
ment, Mr.. BroOmfeld, of PickeringtoD
offered the following resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted:
ResolUed, That our thanks are here
by rendered to the committees for
their efficiency in providing US with
such q magnificent dinner.
Resolved, That Prot Snyder be re-
quested to furnish copy of his ad-
dress upon this occasion for publiea
ton.
The following is Prof. snyder's ad
dress:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN You have
been called together, as you are aware,
for the purpose of cOmmemoratiBg the
twentieth anniversary of the marriage
of Rev. n. V. B Euans and most excel
lent lady. Allow me, first of all to
congratulate you upon the great sue
cess which has attended your efforts.
believe, so far as am now informed
I am authorized to say that every
member of the charge, either personal
ly or collectively, has been cordially
| invited to assist in this laudable and
pleasant enterprise. How character
istic not only of our hearts, bat of the
| genius of American energy rs the spirit
of the gift which we present our dear
friends. 1t plainly, positively, and
warmly bespeaks the love puIsations
of our hearts toward them. We are
social beings; but when our social ma
ture, together with our susceptibility
to love supremely is permeated and
encOmpassed by the spirit which the
Father giveth, then we are emin-
emily both social and religious beings.
In this pTesen tation we have the artic-
ulation of common principle. It is
this: one person eonceives an idea
which contemplates personal comfort,
self-aggTandizement, or the happiness
4 of others. This idea, both by the ac-
tive and persistent efforts of the orr.
ginator, and by the affliation, both in
sentiment and energy, of others, crys-
talizes into an outward form or to be
more specific, allow me to say that the
desire to manifest your love and sym
pathy to these our friends, has caused
the concentration of all your energies.
The cooperative working of which
whether you work as an individual OIL
constituents of compact, as you have
in this J, will culminate in a material
form, something tangible-something
to be looked upon with admiration
and satisfaction.
My friends, your idea, conceived {
few days ago, is now before US in {
materialized form; and although ths
accomplishment of this happy efc u
was ostensibly in the hands of the la
dies, yet its success was only the more
certain because it received. the impetus
of womanly energy. lam. cognizant
that it comes not, grudgingly. 1 hops
that all your eommingfing. fOr-the pur
pose Of proGnEing, this. present may re
do2nd not only to our satisfaction and
T delight, but to- Christian growth and
/ unity among Us. To you, brother anG
sister Euans, this is an eventful day
Allow US to congratulate you upon
having passed the two decades of your
marriage life, unattended with mis-
fortunes; upon your success in the
Christian ministry; upon the happy
circumstances which cluster around
your hearth-stone. True it may be
the cycles of these revolving years
have not been unattended by friction
with the world yet it is your heritage
to know whatever sorrows oflife yOU
have passed through, they have beer
attended with numberless alleviations
Allow US, also, to extend our best
wishes for you in coming years; tha
you may be abundantly successful
Fin your work; that as the close o.
each revolving year finds you nearer
the end of life's race, so may
you enjoy a higher, deeper, broader
communion with the Father; that yol
may see each member of your family
espousing the, cause of truth, virtue
and Christianity. In presenting thi
gift of the people, as a representative
OF the sincerest sympathy of thei
hearts, / am reminded that those mani
festations which are the legitimate eli
minations of the heart, whether they
assume an outward act or materia
form, are always more positive evi
dences of the true feeling, than mer,
profession thereof Then in receiving
these gifts are the induhitable evidences
of our appreciation of your Christian
characters. We leave these gifts will
you, hoping that as this is the last day
of the twenty years, it may also be thu
. cOnsummation of all in spirit of en-
F tjoyment-that this beautiful day bt
happily enjoyed, and in the future joy
ously remembered, and frequently re
ferred 20 as day in which your live
received a fresh impetus for life
onerous labors.
Rev. Euans replied in q very efe ct