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Show I A ma marriage: service. I American Missionary United Thirty. I ' ono Couples at Once. I Tho Her. A. V. I'ltror set a protty I tood paco last week when ho marrloil I three couiilea at once, but ho Is still I twonty-olght lups behind tho record, I vhtch Is held by an American rals stonnry on tho Island of Apomann. I This strango wcddlns, whoro thirty- I ono couples woro united at onco, was I " solomntxed In 18S2. All tho principal I woro convnrted hcathons, and so well I woro tno raarrlago bonds tied that ten I years later not ono ot tho couplos was divorced. I The groat wedding was ono of no- comity, rather than choice. All tho couples had signified their tntontlon t i to be married with Christian rites. I I Plans woro mado for separate wed-I wed-I dings, but a missionary ship was wait-I wait-I Ing for tho toacher who was to marry I tho conrorts, and an approaching storm mado It nocossary for him to I read tho ceremony with great haste. I If the natives had not agreed to on-I on-I Cago In a wholosale ceromony they I would hare boon condemnod In six I i six months mora ot single blossednoss, I I o the great party Joined right hands I if and assumed tho solomn obligations I according to tholr new faith. Wash-I Wash-I tngton Times. |