WEDDINGS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 4 November 1913, Page 4

WEDDINGS.

The giggling maidens and gossipy matrons' Who patronise wedding ceremonies in Masterton out of idle curiosity, will be interested to read the following very plain pronouncement that appears in the Church Magazine of this month:—

"Now that we have got into our new church, it is to be hoped that there will be an improvement in behaviour at weddinge. W make no particular reference to any particular wedding or wedding party. But the fact remains that a number of people who come to weddings apparently forget that it is God's itouse in which they are assembled, and that their behaviour should therefore be reverent. The law of the land directs that the marriage service should be conducted with open doors, and it is evident that many take advantage of this, and from the manner of their behaviour, it ie further evident that they have no idea or intention of worship, but are just so many spectators. It is a shame and a disgrace that the Houso of God, which has been consecrated to His service and glory, and which is by ; His fseipiaY presence, >.''. •'o^-eli^rVain^ haviour is not to continue hi ■ the new church* and Jje wishes those who come to witness a wedding ceremony to know that they must behave in a reverent manner., No rice or confetti is to be thrown in either the church or the grounds. There is to be no standing on the seats or about the doors, and people wbp came are requested to refrain from talking while they are in God* s House, and he hopes that people who are not prepared to observe these rules will refrain from coming to weddings and desecrating the House of God. For be it remembered that such behaviour ift not only an insult to God, but v it is a sjight" on those who are being married, and a very real grief to many wTio lovo their church."