The Quarterly Journal of the Mythic Society July 1950

I unite you in wedlock in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen." There is further a form for the blessing of the ring which the bridegroom receives back from the hand of the priest to place it upon the fourth finger of the bride's left hand. [...] The actual words of union pronounced on the parties are : I join you together in matrimony in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost." The bridegroom then clasps the right hand of the bride ; and upon this the priest or the vicar puts on his stole and sprinkles it with holy water. [...] The priest joins the hands of the two members closelyMARRIAGE INSTITUTIONS IN INDIA 17 related on the paternal side of the bride and bridegroom and peforms certain ceremonies in which the contracting parties take part and a contribution proportionate to the amount of the dowry is also promised to the church at the time. [...] There he sings the cup as in the sacraments and throws the cross and the havana into the cup reciting a prayer: " The Grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ and the Love of God." Here"20 QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE MYTHIC SOCIETY the priest signs the cup thrice gives it to the bridegroom who drinks two-thirds of it and he signs the bride-men there with his eyes. [...] The engagement of an intermediary by the bride's parents to open the subject to the parents of a young man regarding the proposal of marriage of the girl to their son further negotiations for the dowry on the day of settlement the banns to be called in the two churches in the event of their residence in different parishes the ceremonies in the church for the solemnisation of matrimony the ente