WON BY THE BOOK
A exchange relates that a young gentlen An Lapp nicg to Bit at church m a pew aoj'.lniug one In which sat a youog kdy, for whom ho conceived a Budden and violent passion, wa3 desirous of entering into a courtship on the spot, bat the place not Buitiog a formal declaration, the .exigency of the OAse suggested tha following plan : He politely banded hia fair neighbor a Bible (open) with a pin atack fn the following toxt, second epistle of !St John, verae fifth : ' And nuw I beseech thee, lady, not as Ihoagh I wrote a new commandment nnto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that wo lova one another.' She returned It, pointing to the second ohapter of Ruth, vtrae tenth : 1 Then she fell on her face, and bowed heneif to the ground, and aald unto him: I Why have I found grace m thine ey«B, that thou shouldat tike knowledge of me, ■eeing lama stranger V He returned the book, pointing to the fifteenth verae of the third epistle of John ; ' I had many things to write. I will not with pen and ink write unto thee, but I trust I shall Bhortly see thee, and we shall epea'k face to face.' From the above interviews marriage took place the ensuing week.— II Baltimorean."
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1676, 30 September 1887, Page 2
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225WON BY THE BOOK Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1676, 30 September 1887, Page 2
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