For Pascal’s grandson Michael…As you precede on your 1st, authorized to solemnize the rites of matrimony as they used to say in the early 1900’s. In 2010 we would probably prefer to say… “To celebrate or observe with dignity and gravity.”
With the coming of summer we went to St. Albans, where I supplied the Methodist Church for 3 months while the minister was in California to visit relatives. During this time we lived in the church Parsonage.
One night a short time after we arrived at the Parsonage a couple came with a request to be married. After a few words of advice and examination of the marriage license we proceeded to solemnize the Matrimony. In the midst of the service the young lady fainted. At once my wife Margaret got a glass of water, soon the lady recovered and we were able to conclude the service. Such was our experience connected with the first matrimony, which I solemnized.
With the coming of summer we went to St. Albans, where I supplied the Methodist Church for 3 months while the minister was in California to visit relatives. During this time we lived in the church Parsonage.
One night a short time after we arrived at the Parsonage a couple came with a request to be married. After a few words of advice and examination of the marriage license we proceeded to solemnize the Matrimony. In the midst of the service the young lady fainted. At once my wife Margaret got a glass of water, soon the lady recovered and we were able to conclude the service. Such was our experience connected with the first matrimony, which I solemnized.
