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    commanifcaitittg ** * ° *™? Unitarian body , thrbtfgb th £ medium of the Monthly Repository : It is as follows ,

    viz " . The parties intending * to join in marriage , are first to declare their intention at tbe JQieetiiiff whereof they are members , in terms of the following- import , viz . the mad , that he intends to take JD . JB . to be his wife , if the Lord permit : the woman , that shi intends to take A . B . to be her

    husbandy if the Lord permit , " If the parents or the guardians of the parties be present , they are to declare their consent ; if absent , a certificate or certificates are to be produced , signifying , that it is with their consent the parties proceed to accomplish their intended marriage ; which certificates are to be signed by the parents or guardians , and attested by two

    witnesses . " It is also usual for the meeting to appoint a few Friends to inquire into the clearness of the parties from other tnar ~ riage engagements ; and if there be issue by a former marriage or marriages , to see that the children ' s rights be legally

    secured ; likewise to take care that public notice of the said intended marriage be given at the close of a First-day ( Sunday ) meeting , to which the parties respectively belong , in the following manner : Friends , there is an intention of fnarriage between

    A . B . of C , and D . E . of F . Jf any person have any thing to object , let timely notice be given . And * the Friends appointed are to make report at a subsequent meeting ; when , if no objection arise , liberty is to be granted to the parties to solemnize the marriage . *

    u Marriages are to be solemnized at the usual week-day meeting " , or at a meeting appointed at some seasonable hour in the forenoon , on some other convenient day , and at the meeting-house to which the Woman belongs . " Towards the conclusion of the said

    meeting * the parties are to stand up , and taking each other by the hand , to declare , w an audible and solemn manner , to the following effect : the man first , viz . Friends , I take this my friend , & . E ., to be my wife , promising , through Divine assistance , to be unto her a loving and faithful husband , until it shall please the L < ffd by death to separate us ; and then the

    womai \ in iikfe manner : Friends , f take this my friend ^ A . B ., to be my husband , promising , through Ditnne assista nce , to be unto hifn a Loving and faithful wife , until it shall please the Lord by death to separate us . " A jpertij&eate , ( with a five-ahillW stamp rififedL ) . itt the following form of w ° rd « , is ihefc to U audiM * reftd by iome v © u xiv * 3 c

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    proper persdri , the express names and description ^ f the parties being first inserted : they are then to sign the same 5 the man first , the woman with her maiden or widow name ; the relations next , and such others present at the solemnity as think proper . " The Form of the Certificate .

    "A . B ., of , Soa of D . B . of in the of , yeoman , and E . his wife , and D . E ., daughter of M . E , of in the of * , draper , and M ., liis wife , having declared ; their intention of taking each other in marriage before the monthly

    meeting * of Friends , comleonly called Quakers , of , in the of , the proceedings of the said A . B . and D . E ., after due inquiry and deliberate consideration thereof , were allowed by the said meeting , they appearing * clear of all others , and havi hg consent of

    parents ( or guardians , as the case majr be ) . Now these are tib certify , tha * fbr the accomplishing their siaid marriage , this day of the month , in the year one thousand eight hundred and , they , the said A « B . and D . E ., appeared at a public assembly of the aforesaid people , in their meeting-house in { or at , as the case may be ) , and he , the said' A . B ., taking the . said D . E . by the hand , declared as followeth :

    a And the said D . E . did then and there , in the said assembly , declare as folioweth : " And the said A . B . and D . E ., as a further confirmation thereof , and in testimony thereunto , did then and there to these presents set their hands . " A . B .

    " D . E . u being present at the above-said marriage , have also subscribed out names as witnesses thereunto , the day and year above written . " * The foregoing is the whole of the marriage ceremony used in the Society of Friends ; but in addition , it is ordered ,

    iC That two registers of all marriages , agreeable to the following form , be signed at a convenient time on the day of marriage , by the parties themselves , and by three witnesses , and be carefully delivered

    to the next monthly meeting ; one of them to be preserved in a proper book to be kept for that purpose ; and the other to be carried to the quarterly meeting , to be fixed into a proper book , and indexed . fc tfhi * certificate is always given to thfe parties married .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1819, page 361, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1773/page/17/