Church at Home and Abroad, The (Jan - June 1895) . lled inquite a business-like tone for the high con-tracting parties to come forward. The civilceremony was short, occupying, perhaps,fifteen minutes. The legality of the ceremony(or contract) was witnessed to by four persons,two for the groom and two for the bride, andthey were declared indissolubly joined totogether, for be it said that if Mexican lawmakes matrimony a civil contract only, it isone which cannot be broken. The judgedeclared his part of the ceremony ended andgathering up his books departed. The hostturned to the writer and I at
Church at Home and Abroad, The (Jan - June 1895) . lled inquite a business-like tone for the high con-tracting parties to come forward. The civilceremony was short, occupying, perhaps,fifteen minutes. The legality of the ceremony(or contract) was witnessed to by four persons,two for the groom and two for the bride, andthey were declared indissolubly joined totogether, for be it said that if Mexican lawmakes matrimony a civil contract only, it isone which cannot be broken. The judgedeclared his part of the ceremony ended andgathering up his books departed. The hostturned to the writer and I at once proceededto perform the simple rite of ecclesiasticalblessing. In such cases a minister feelshampered in the extreme, as he must as amatter of course consider the couple alreadymarried, and his part was to simply ratifywhat had already been performed. Thereligious ceremony was short, and at were in order. Supper wassubsequently served and a brief period ofsociability closed our rather novel experience. 1895.] MEXICO. 229. MISSIONARY TOURING IN MEXICO. Letters MEXICO. Rev. C. D. Campbell, Zitacuaro:—I havejust held a conference with the men of thisfield. The reports from the various stationswere encouraging. In September I made a tourof our stations, visiting eleven places, preachingeight times, and baptizing sixteen adults andtwelve children. I held communion servicesfive times, married two couples, and travelledninety-two leagues. I was particularly inter-ested in two places, Tepeguajes and Agosta-dero. Tepeguajes is a small ranch, but thekeeper is a very earnest worker, and nearly allthe people attend the services. I baptized thereeight adults and six children. A young manwho works on the ranch has been teaching thechildren Sunday-school lessons on the Life ofChrist, and I was surprised to find how wellthey had learned the story. I have just openeda day-school there, and this same young man is to be the teacher. In Agostadero the peoplehave just fi
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