Serious comment is made by "Church Times" on the growing tendency to treat weddings as mere social functions and to behave at them accordingly.
"We read of women who carry their lap-degs. into. church. with them," and is having great difficulty in collecting its dues from some of the second-class Powers, it seems foolish, with the "whole tone of the to give them further cause of offence.
Dovsible that some of the persons Zorvigg at starting that it stems Present themselves to be waited can ever have read The Lienshing Tragedy Prayer Book or given any thought to marriage axa Christian Sacrament Full details today serve to The exhortation, beginning, "require and charge you both as ye will answer describe the story of the illatated the dreadful day of Judgment, when lienshing so far as it can be secrets of all hearts shall be dise reconstructed. The fact that he has 80 far shifted her position already under the scour of the tide suggests a faint possibility that she may yet be refloated. But of course only experts can speak on this subject, Tu any case nothing can bring. back the lives of the Chinese who perished, At all times this would be deeply deplored and the more 8 here in view of the many instane of devotion shawn towards their employers by Chinese boys whi simply refused to take any thought for themselves until sure that "vaster" and "mississi" wore safe. On the other hand, there was no less thought shown for Chinese by foreigners and Captain Simpson, keeping his "boy" afloat on a mattress: for many long minutes, image of British seamanship. 'The accident will, we suppose, revive the old controversy about the Amherst Recks, which have been the death of many' a good ship. Experts, we Uelieve, of no mean standing, have pronounced it impracticable to ligt! these rocks. Others have maintain-"ed that they are just the point where a light is most needed. We certainly should not presume to offer: any opinion; indeed as a Board of Trade inquiry will no doubt be held, it would be improper to do 0. It uly remains to express sincers sympathy with the fainlies Chinese who lost their lives, with the owners who put this fine vessel into the China coast trade and with Captain Simpson and his offers, all well known by many of us, in the loss of their ship,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.