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Show BRIDES NEEDN'T PROMISE TO OBEY NEW MATES LONDON", Oct. 2C. (Correspondence) (Correspond-ence) Congregationalism brides here j no longer need promise In tho mar-j mar-j rlagc service to obey their husbands., cm 1 - - -- -jiji ilxj. iiin mcjj -t: : i A committee of the Congregational Union of England and Wales, appointed appoint-ed to draw up a new form of service, has decided that modern Ideas faor i '.he omission of the word "obey" and this notwithstanding the fact that no woman sat on the committee; neither Were any cegusstt received from women wo-men to omit the fateful word. "All the churches arc becoming less strict in their inslstancc on the word-1 word-1 ing of the marriage service," said the 1 secretary of the Women's Freedom i League- "Even in Anglican churches the word 'obey' Is sometimes omitted at the bride's desire and a great num-ber num-ber of leading nonconformist ministers hae lately made a practice of cutting .out the vow to obey" |