The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-31
NO MINISTER WANTED.
Generals OF the "Army Of Heaven at
Hand" Married Without Priest.
From the Neto York Recorder.

! G6L0EdAb vi bnS ShEIuJ vi L10dN0h al
Hand" Married Without Priest.
From the Neio York Recorder.
SAN Francisco, Aug 2O.-Stephen May
bell, poet, priest and politician, as well as
general-in-chief of the ARMY of Heaven
at Hand.n married himself recently to Mrs.
| May Hausens, assistant commander In
chief, IN the Metropolitan hotel. The we'd
ding was bowling success.
The soul-weddiug was doue on the stage,
| Of course. On the stage vas the banner Of
! the Army of Heaven at Hand, piece Of
rich blue silk, five feet square. 10 the CEN
| ter pretty pink babe stood nude, with
arms outstretched In "here-I-am" sort Of
way. A ribbon Of cloud or sometime else
| came around IN front in the usual style,
and rays OF light and wads OF cloud were
| all around the babe, all OF which seemed
| full of meaning.
Every body was welcome at Stephens
wedding. The tickets given out were only
pretense at exclusiveness So when the
| appointed hour Of O'Clock arrived the hall
was packed to the gallery, and still they
| came.
Gen. Maybsll wore his full uniform for
| the first time. His coat was of dark blue,
cut in sacerdotal style, and reaching below
his knees. His shoulder straps, bound in
| gold braid bore as the mark of the general
die cross aud crown. Brass buttons
| CLEANED from his long vest. The uniform
| was 30 elegantly becoming to the striking
figure that they seemed designed for each
| other.
The bride, a good-looking woman of con-
siderable weight, wore a very simple cos
tune Of oream-colored crepe, with white
lace at neck and sleeves, but no jewels. As
the pair mounted the platform the minister
smilinsly led the smiling bride to the larger
| of the two chairs and appropriated a
smaller one at its right. He had carried
down the aisle black book, which he did
not use, and several papers. He hustled
around in smiling way, put his papers on
table, spoke to the organist. went to his
chair, back to the papers, spoke to the bride
and smiled and looked very busy about
| something.
The new wedding ceremony began with
| out further preliminaries. The priest and
| bridegroom took the brides hand and led
her to the stage front. The paper in his
| hand contained the ritual. which he read.
| There was no cold sweat on that bride
| Rroom's brow. He seemed as much at home
| as he ever did.
believing 10 the blessed fatherhood Of
| God, =" he read believing IN the blessed
fatherhood Of God" repeated the bride.
| 'In the fatherhood which Ia the WISDOM"
said the priest and bridegroom.
"In the motherhood which is the love-"
read the bride from the paper which the
bridegroom showed her by squaring around
| a little.
ave, Stephen and Mary" (repeated)
''come unto each other this day." (repeated),
Gin the unity Of the love and wisdom
Crepeated).
Therefore, in the name Of the fatherhood,
which is the wisdom" he read.
The bride faltered and stumbled little,
nd in fart tho hridanrOOrn ahN ANAL
familiarity With the ritual.
Therefore, in the name of the mother
hood, which is the love-" answered the
bride.
II come to thee, Mary" the ritual pro.
ceeded.
81 come to thee, Stephen"
THAT the wisdom of the fatherhood may
be welded to the love of the motherhood.
Therefore l state, in the name Of the
fatherhood, that thou art my love, my
wife"
Then Stephen kissed Mary amid laughing,
cheers and guying He raised her arm on
high and fishing ring from his vest pocket,
they proceeded, amid hustle of amusement
In the audience.
"And with this ring, the symbol Of eter-
ity, we seal our wedding that knows no
parting nor death. And now, being hus-
band aud wife, we oonsecrate our soul and
our body to the kingdom of heaven at
hand, for the political salvation of the
people.
"And now let us pray" said the priest,
| and both knelt on one knee, while the irrev-
erent part of the audience laughed. The
| prayer was a SOMEWHAT lengthy supplication
| apparently peculiar to the doctrines of the
| A. II. H., and while it was Ia progress
some fellows in the gallery did something
very funny which caused a laugh as care,
less and hearty as though an end man had
raA IL
seeching in an earnest way for something,
and he sandwichet into his supplication,
that the levity here tonight may be re.
pressed on this. thy occasion"
As the prayer was finally ended there
was roar and rattle of applause, but the
bridegroom smiled IN a clipper way and
lightly led his buxom wife back to her seat.
During the ceremony the gas had been
turned low and a calcium light in the gal
lery had alternately sent mellow food OF
yellow and green light over the stage scene.
The gas went up and Gen. Maybell hustled
about in busy way again. Then he an
| nounced: Now we want al who have pro-
grammes to join in the hymn on the last
page" That hymn was one Of the best
parts Of the circus. Somehow the organist
didn't get the notes Of Were Marching to
| Zion" to tripping right. and Stephens lines
| had hard time of it. Somebody yelled
"Stop that organT' He drilled the audience,
| however, like singing master until they
! rolled out the chorus in fiue style. The
greatly tickled audience applauded royalty.
An address on the Army of Heaven at
Hand" followed. That made the audience
begin to leave. and he cut it short by wind
ing up with General Order No. l." dated
at Temporary Headquarters of the Pacific,
San Francisco, CAL" II was ITO the Peo-
ple," and began by announcing 1.-THE su-
preme moment of the nations peril has
come. There is but one way to redeem the
people, and that Is to uplift them from the
| poverty and disease into which they have
fallen" All persons wishing to Join the
Army of Heaven at Hand should report by
letter or in person to Stephen Maybe gen
ersl commander of the Army of Heaven at
| Hand.
And now, my friends" said the smiling
| poet, priest and politician, Il feel very
thankful 60 you for the kindly way in
which you have contributed TO make this
| the heppiest moment of our lives"
Friends mounted the stage in crowds 10
| tender congratulations and the crowd
| poured out. The welded generals leave foI
New York, confident Of at once organizing
q grand uniformed army that will reform
| the world.
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