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In entering the wedding apartment, one part of the company appeared at
one end, while the rest at the same time appeared at the other end. Thus
Mathias, with a band of young men, and Perreeza, with a group of damsels,
slowly marched, met, and formed into a circle in the center of the room,
the officiating priest, with a small altar, in the midst.
"Ye who are to take upon you the holy and solemn vows of matrimony, draw
nigh," said the priest.
Without delay, the loving twain left the circle, and stood side by side
before the sacred altar, when the priest, after a brief marriage
ceremony, gave them this blessing: "God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
keep, bless, and preserve you, and so fill you with all benediction and
grace, that ye may walk before Him in the beauty of true perfection and
holiness. Perreeza, daughter of Amonober, of the royal line of Judah,
behold thy husband! Mathias, son of the illustrious Joram, behold thy
wife! Take her as thine own, and convey her to thine own habitation, and
there make merry with thy numerous friends.
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