Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-10-19
Marriage Ceremony for Mr,
Stephen Darlington and
Misc Miriam Norris bye
DIR. r. Gl. Lee. -

Young lovers, For you this is an.
hour prophetic, ali hour afiame with
the radiance of Life's new morning.
And the love of this momentous day
enchants life with dawning splendor
which brightens more and more unto
the perfect day-if you do not clum-
silly walk where angels would tremb-
lingly tread.
Heaven has been about you in the
days of Loves wooing and winning
and waiting. And Heaven is about
you now as you pause for sacred and
solemn pledges before you enter the
molly, white sanctuary where unan-
nointed feet cannot walk.
And the love that urges you now
to stand side by side, heart to heart,
soul to soul, hand in hand, to take
these vows is the love whose sweet
ness will not vanish when the we'd
ding flowers fade, the love that will
be your native air when old trysting
places are far removed, the love
whose radiance will burn like un-
quenchable fire through the darkness
of physical death, the love that will
light every hour of shadow like some
flaming star that speeds across the
uncharted dark.
And these .vows-the sweet con-
summation of love and the majestic
coronation of Loves ideals-are but
tokens of the deathless music that
will be blown from golden trumpets
by the angels of tomorrow.
Moreover, as one who loves both of
you, to you in the golden glow of this
wondrous hour, would commend as
a companion for life's journey, as a
presence for your home, as friend
for your need, Christ Jesus of Cali
lee, who, at Cana, honored mar
riage festival with His presence, and
brought joy at this feast aEd at this
marriage festival wrought His first
miracle. commend Him to you as a
Christ of stainless right, as Christ
of love and compassion. And with
Him, verify thou shalt come at last,
charioted by love older than the suns
and the ages, and weaponed by right
eousness stronger than the seas into
a land forever flowing with the white
milk of truth and forever sweetened
by the golden honey of life.
And now as in His sight and as
token you have chosen each the other
as life comrades, I now ask you,
Stephen, as token and testimony
of your love to place the ring upon
the finger of your bride; and you,
Miriam to receive the ring from your
1over-and then, with hands united,
take your vows.
Stephen, do you take Miriam whom
you now hold by the right hand to be
your lawfully welded wife? Do you
promise to love her with all the full
ness of love-to cherish her with all
the tenderness of affection? to pro-
tect her with all the strength of your
manhood? to HOMO her with all the
nobility of character, forsaking all
others in sickness as we'll as in health,
in adversity as we'll as in prosperity,
in sorrow as well as in joy, cleaving
only and ever unto her until God by
death do separate you?
Miriam, do you take Stephen whom
you now hold by the right hand to be
your lawfully welded husband? Do
you promise to love him with all the
faithfulness of noble woman's love?
to cherish him with all the sympathy
of a tender affection? to help him
with all the loyalty of faithful wo-
mans strength? to honor him with
all the graces and nobilities of a 10y
al woman's life, forsaking all others
in sickness as we'll as in health, in ad-
versity as well as in prosperity, in
sorrow as well as in joy, cleaving only
and ever unto him until God by death
do separate you?
And now, in pursuance of your sol
emn pledges taken before God and
in the presence of this company, I
do now by virtue of the authority
vested in me as minister of the Cos
pei and by the laws of this state-for
this is both civil and religious
ceremony-pronounce you husband
and wife. And may the God before
whom you have thus vowed look upon
you to bless you and to make you a
blessing in all your earthly ways and