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Show A DIG MARRIAGE SERVICE. i ' American Missionary United Thirty W one Couples at Once. w Tho Huv. A. W Pltxer set a pretty K good pace last week when ho marrlod cS three couples at once, but ho Is BtJ!l jgl tw enty-ulght laps behtnd tho reef ;i 1 which Is held by an American rnli- M slonary on the Island of Apumana. ufl TIiIb strango we-ddlng, whero thirty- Ifl Dne couples wore united at onco, was B solemnized In 1S82 All tho principals IR were converted heathens and so woll B wore tho marrlano bonds Hod that ten Hj years later not ono of tho couples M was divorced Wi Tho great wedding was ono of no- Inl cobslty, rather than choice All the (' couples had signified their Intontlon M to bo married with Christian rites. M Plnns were made for separate wed- Qfl clings, but a misslonnrj ship was wait- IH lng for the teacher who was to marry J tho converts, nnd an approaching jM storm made It necessary for him to -S read the ceremony with gieat haste. S If the natives had not ngreed to en- fl gage In a wholcbnlo ceremony thoy H would hnvo been condemnod In six W six months inoie of single blessedness, W bo tho gieat part j joined right hnndi B and assumid the solemn obligations jH nccordlng to t licit new faith Wash- S lugton Times. fM |