Show A BIG MARRIAGE SERVICE american missionary united thirty one couples at once the rev A W pitzer set a pretty good pace last week when ho he married three couples at once but he is still twenty eight laps behind the record which Is held by an american ml mis flonary on the island ot of alemana Ap emana this strange wedding where thirty one couples were united at once was war solemnized in 1882 all the principal were converted he athens and so well were the marriage bonds tied that ten years later not one ot of the couples couple was divorced the great wedding edding ii was one ot of n no ces cassity ce salty sity rather than choice all the th couples had signified their intention to be married with christian rites rite plans were made for separate weddings but a missionary ship was waiting for the teacher who was to marry the converts and an approaching storm made it necessary for or him to read the ceremony with great haste if the natives had not agreed to engage in a wholesale ceremony they would have been condemned in six six months more of 0 single blessedness so the great party joined right hands handi an and d assumed the solemn obligations obligation according to their new falth washington times |