Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-12
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!, mere 1e,,t, my LORD" that Lord Raa u
nervous laugh, was asking, II, with j
taxing place by my side. thai ~ and
ca altar laden with flowers No. ,'s Aght'
ot me, and that the bishon il, !, Ill fron.l
ments, Father Dan in his So. ,iS Vest.
"hlte stole, and a clerk carrviro Use AID
ana vessel of holy water. Vs. COOK
ming the service. vie oegl,
Surely never was there co..,
mony. Never did any girl rnda- e,
circumstances feel a more vivid r 9,i'Aa'
,neht OF the pains and penalties tb ,vSsat
low on forced and ill-sorted marrI L' '"'
And yet there came to me in tb,
OF the service such a startling cbo. .UlS.
lhought as wiped out for Will as
SADNESS, made me forget the CO... -, ny
mat mad been put upon me, and Uetos
INTO realm of spiritual ECSTASY ''''0 H'
me bishop began with a short w..
winch asked Gods blessing on tbo .'a1
mony which was to Join togetbor 1sge
His children in the bonds Of ba,, 'SO
lock- ''I! wed
While that was going on was ~.
sclous of nothing except the how'll. l
the wind about the church windouss
the far-off tolling of the bell IN g N, a"l
Rock-nothing but this and voice lay -,a,!
me which seemed to say again ana .s
and again, Il don't love him, S
love him. uol
But hardly had the actual seryic. 49,.
menced when | began to be ovArau,.s =.
the solemnity and divine power ~ ;.
service and by the sense Of God Iaortn,
over my httleness and guiding me scco,5
ing to His will
what dld 1t matter how unworthy, ,,.
the preparations that had led nm r. ".
marriage if God was making il, Cu,
made all marriages that were kIAss,,
His church, and therefore He overr,,I.s :.
His own good ends all human inn,Is,.
however sordid or selfish they might he
Bound Together.
After that thought came to me- ro,,,,
else seemed to matter. and nothing bor
ever jarring or homogeneous, was aNs =,
lower the eXaltation of my spirit
But the service, which had this e4s,.
upon me, appeared to have an oysogr
opposite effect on Lord Raa. His nav,
BUSINESS increased visibly, though he di5|
his best to conceal it by ligbtness n
manner that sometimes looked like d..
riSion.
Thus when the bishop stepped down
to us and said:
James Charles Munster, wilt thou take!
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 be,
meath his breath, 81 thought l was Il
hereto"
But when the corresponding question:
was put to me, and Father Dan thinking
l must be nervous, leaned over me and
whispered. Don't worry child, take youl
time" I replied in loud, clear urfaer
ing voice:
II will"
And again, when my husband had tOI
put the ring and the gold and silver nd
the salver, he fumbled and dropped thenI
as he did so. and fumbled and dropne
| them a second time when he had to tah3
them up after they had been blessed
laughing too audibly at his own aHh-
wardness, and then repeat after the Dish
op:
with this ring I thee wed; this gid
and silver l thee give; with my body
thee worship, and with all my worldly
goods 1 thee endow," he rendered the FinsI
slowly and with an obvious effort
But 1 took it without trembling be1l
| cause l was thinking that in spite OF a
I had heard of his ways of life this sol
| emn and sacred sacrament made NM
mine and no one else's
1t is all very mysterious ! can not &c
count for it: I only knew it was so, an4
that, everything considered, it was per
haps the strangest fact of all my life
Father Dan read the epistle beginning
Let wives be subject to their husbands
and then the bishop read the Gospel conf
Guiding, Therefore, now they are ny
two, but one flesh; what therefore Goq
hath Joined together, let no man pu7
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