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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 19, 1863

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 21, No. 25.

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Bro. White: Will you inform me whether a local elder of the S. D. A. church has power or any right to perform the ordinance of marriage. An Elder.
Answer.—He cannot. The law of Michigan specifies that with the exception of certain civil officers, only the regularly ordained ministers of the different denominations can perform the ceremony.