Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-11

nervous laugh, was asking ''LJoT wi with
taxing place by my side. tbo+ ~ and
ed altar, laden with flowers NO. 'I - light
OF me, and that the bishon in ~ ~ Font
ments, Father Dan In his s,,,ri ms vest
! Whlte stole, and clerk carrvinr and
and vessel of holy water. waro book
ming the service. Oegn'
surely never was there a saAaau
mony. Never did any girl under 1ere'
circumstances feel a more vivid ,. l.I'laf
ment OF the pains and penalties +b ,.<e Guy
low on forced and ill-sorted noarrs s' Io''
And yet there came to me in III.
OF the service such STARTLING oh,s curse
thought as wiped out for a whila aS
sadness, made me forget the coyn, ,,h my
That had been put upon me, and Iif 4,a,' D
INTO realm of spiritual ECSTASY ls
The bishop began with a sbor+ -.
which asked Gods blessing on tbo 'lIy
mony which was to toin +oqa.ho, .'9 Vefe'
His children in the bonds Of ba,,. '"U Of
lock. we'd
While that was going on 7 was 49,.
sclous OF nothing except the hoylinp =,
.he "llid ABOUT the church windows srs
the far-of tolling of the bell on St Mos'n
kock-nothing but this ana voice vith;s
me which seemed to say again and asa,a
and again, II don't love him! do.l
love himl'' Oont
But hardly had the actual service nv.
menced when l began to be overawad h.,
the solemntty and divine power of ~
service and by the sense of God loo,,aS
over my littleness and guiding me- aro ,,,lS
ing to His will.
What did 1t matter how unworthy, r-.-
the preparations that had led I'm n ~
marriage if God was making ~ c.
made all marriages that were b,AssAa w
His church, and therefore He overrrlod :.
His own good ends all human irnnrfa.S
however sordid or selfish they might hs
Bound Together.
After that thought came to me no.,,r,
else seemed to matter, and nothing now
ever jarring or incongruous. was AHA =,
lower the exaltation Of my spirit
But the service, which had this eTAc,
upon me, appeared to have an e,acty
opposite effect on Lord Raa. His rary.
BUSINESS increased visibly, though he di5
his best to conceal it by a lightress A,
manner that sometimes looked like do,
rision.
Thus when the bishop stepped down
to us and said:
James Charles Munster. wilt tbor tab.
Mary, here present, for thy lawful wife
according to the rite of our holy mother
the church." my husband halted and
stammered over the answer, saving he
meath his breath, Il thought was A
hereto"
But when the corresponding question
was put to me, and Father Dan thinking
must be nervous, leaned over me and
; whispered, Don't worry child, take Your
time" replied in loud. clear, unfaer.
ing voice:
II Wilt"
And again, when my husband had 10
: put the ring and the gold and silver on
the salver, he fumbled and dropped them
as he did so, and fumbled and dropped
them a second time when he had to take
!, them up after they had been blessed
laughing too audibly at his own awl-
wardness, and then repeat after the bish-
op:
with this ring I thee we'd this god
and silver thee give; with my body
thee worship, and with all my worldly
goods thee endow," he rendered the ring
slowly and with an obvious effort.
, But 1 took it without trembling be-
? cause I was thinking that in spite Of all
, had heard of his ways of life this SOL
emn and sacred sacrament made him
mine and no one else's.
1t is all very mysterious; I can not ac-
count for 1t; 1 only knew It was So and
, that, everything considered, It was per-
hans the StrangeSt fact of all nv life.
Father Dan read the epistle beginning
LET wives be subject to their husbands
and then the bishop read the Gospel, con
Guiding, Therefore, now they are moi
two, but one flesh; what therefore God
hath Joined together, let no man put
asunder"