Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1911 — About the Wedding Ring. [ARTICLE]

About the Wedding Ring.

The wedding ring, which was toler* ated by the Methodists, was ane> thema to the early Puritans, who regarded personal' adornment as one of the many snares of Satan. Wesley, who was a high churchman, probably recognized its symbolical value. Its the old English marriage service if was the custom for the bridegroom to put the ring on the thumb of his bride, saying “in the name of the Father,” then on the first finger, saying, “and thef Son,” then on the see*ond finger, saying, "and of the HolyGhost,” finally on the third finger,., with the word “Amen." The ring wa,3. left there because, as the Sarum rubric says: “A vein proceeds thence te the heart." In the modern marriage service the ring is placed at once upon the third finger, the invocation to the Trinity being understood. ‘ •• ‘' ■' '. I V '' i Y • -i