Christian herald and signs of our times . e pupils in different schools, nine organizedchurches, and over seven hundred communi-cants. The pupils and communicants are whollyfrom the Nestorians, as are the teachers andpreachers and the attendants of the congrega-tions. PERSIAN MARRIAGE laws regulating marriage are dependentupon the religious faith of the parties contract-ing. The non-Mohammedan races are permittedto adhere to the religious laws of the sect towhich they belong. Mohammedans are gov-erned by Mohammedan law. By that law thereare two kinds of marriage. One is called Ahda
Christian herald and signs of our times . e pupils in different schools, nine organizedchurches, and over seven hundred communi-cants. The pupils and communicants are whollyfrom the Nestorians, as are the teachers andpreachers and the attendants of the congrega-tions. PERSIAN MARRIAGE laws regulating marriage are dependentupon the religious faith of the parties contract-ing. The non-Mohammedan races are permittedto adhere to the religious laws of the sect towhich they belong. Mohammedans are gov-erned by Mohammedan law. By that law thereare two kinds of marriage. One is called Ahdah,meaning covenanted, and the other is termedSekah, or contracted. A Mohammedan maypossess four wives of the first class and any num-ber of the second class. Wives of the first class * From Persia, the Land of the Imans. A Narrative of Traveland Residence, by James Bassett, Missionary of the PresbyterianBoard. Pp. 343, price, ( Published by Charles ScrienersSens, iW-cv York. 252 THE CHRISTIAN HERALD AND SIGNS OF OUR TIMES. April The Late Rev. James Ingle. Benjamin Franklin Helping the Widow. have priority of right, and their children inheritthe property of their father. But all marriedwomen agree to a divorce, on receipt of a priceagreed upon at the time of marriage. TheSekah wives contract for a limited period oftime. The children of such marriages belong tothe father if the mother is put away. This ar-rangement of marriage is the source of great cor-ruption. The nuptial ceremonies of the secondclass are very brief, and consist in the repetitionof a formula by a mullah which sanctifies thetransient relation. THE LATE REV. JAMES INGLE. (See Portrait on this page.) An active life of toil and unremitting exertionin the cause of Christ closed a few weeks agowhen this devoted Christian minister heard hisMasters voice calling him from the scene of hislabors. James Ingle, though an American in Christianlife and service, was an Englishman by was born at Sommersham,
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