CHURCH MARRIAGES
THE SOCIAL ASPECT DOMINION AND IN ENGLAND t United Press Association* WELLINGTON, 28th January. The plaint of many New Zealand churchmen that people who do not normally attend church services make use of the Church when they wish to be married does not apply in England, said the Rev. Dr R. C. Gillie, a visiting Presbyterian minister. He said the social importance of a church marriage no longer counted for a great deal. Those who were married by the clergy had for the most part a sincere desire to ask the blessing of God on their union. Dr Gillie said he had been told that in New Zealand many young men and women who were often not members of a congregation sought to be married by the clergy for the sake of the greater social status of a Church marriage. He had been warned that he would be asked to officiate at such marriages. In England the social standing of a church marriage was no different to that of a registry office marriage, and a great many marriages were conducted by the registrar. ~
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 31 January 1939, Page 3
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185CHURCH MARRIAGES Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 31 January 1939, Page 3
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