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How To Court In Church

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Parent Issue
Day
11
Month
March
Year
1870
Copyright
Public Domain
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A young gentleman happenieg to stt at cliurch iu a pew adjoining one in whioh gat a young lady for whom heconeived a sudden and violent attachmont, wjs desirous of entering into a courthip on the spot, but the place not béng suitable for a formal declaration, the asu suggeeted the following plsn : Ho politc-ly handed hia fair neigbbor a iiible, opened, with a pin stuck in thw ullüwÍDg text : Sooond Epistle of Jobo, verso üvo : "And now I bescoch thee, lady, not as tbougb I wrofe a new commuudment unto thee, but that whioh no had from 1 e begiuuing that we love one anothor." Shu returned it, pointin to the SecDd chpter of Rutii, tenth verae : "Then 8he feil on her face, aud bowed icrfe'.f fco the ground, and said unto ïim : 'Why haro I found grace in thine 30a, that thou shouldst take knowledgo f rae, setiíig I aui a strangor ?" líe roturoed tho book, pointing tothe flirteen th and fourteenth verses of the 1hird Epistïe of Jjhn : "I liad many things to writo, but I vill uot with pea and iuk writo unto ice. But I trust I phaU sïiorUy seo lee, and we nhall Fpeuk tace to face." F rom the ubove interview a maariage .ook p'.ace.

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Subjects
Old News
Michigan Argus