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Leading
wherever you choose. Say only to one
another:
I give
you my hand! I give you my love,
More precious than money, I
give you myself
Before preaching or law. Will you give me
yourself?
Will
you come travel with me? Shall we stick by each
other
As long
as we live?" Minister to Groom: GROOM, will you have this women to be
your wedded wife, to live together after ordinance in the holy
estate of matrimony? Will you love her, comfort her, honor and
keep her, in sickness and in health, in sorrow and in joy, and
forsaking all others, keep you only unto her, so long as you
both shall live?
Groom:
I
will. Minister to Bride: BRIDE, will you have this man to be
your wedded husband, to live together after ordinance in the
holy estate of matrimony? Will you love him, comfort him,
honor and keep him, in sickness and in health, in sorrow and
in joy, and forsaking all others, keep you only unto him, so
long as you both shall live? Bride: I will.
Groom: I, GROOM, take you, BRIDE, to be my wedded wife, to have
and to hold, from this day forward, for better or for worse,
for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love
and to cherish, till death do us part, and thereto I give you
my love.
Bride: I, BRIDE, take you, GROOM, to be my wedded husband, to have and to hold, from
this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for
poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish,
till death do us part, and thereto I give you my
love. Minister: What token of these pledges do you offer?
Best man presents rings.
Minister:
Bless this act,
that the intentions of this moment, symbolized by this visible
act, shall be fulfilled through the days of their lives.
Amen.
Groom: With this ring, I thee wed, and pledge my faithful
love.
Bride: With this ring, I thee wed, and pledge my faithful
love.
Minister: O thou who art the Spirit of Love for the human race,
send thy blessing upon these thy servants, whom we bless in
the name of love. Enable them faithfully to perform this
covenant that they have made in our presence. May their hearts
be united in the bonds of each other's joys, consoled of
each other's sorrows, helpers to each other in all the
vicissitudes of life. Grant that they may faithfully discharge
the duties that belong to the condition into which they have
entered, and that, as good companions, they may walk the road
together from this day forward. Amen. For inasmuch as
GROOM
and BRIDE
have consented together in wedlock, and have witnessed the
same before this company, and thereto have engaged and pledged
themselves to each other, and have declared the same by giving
and receiving a ring and joining hands, I pronounce that they
are husband and wife. May you always be in love. May
your love be as beautiful on each day you share, as is on this
day of your wedding.
Amen.
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