The Lord Sent Me To Marry You

Illustration★★★

One day Deacon Marvin, of Puritan fame, mounted his gray horse and rode to the house where Sarah and Betty Lee lived. Without dismounting he called Betty to him, and told her that the Lord had sent him there to marry her. With equal scripturalness she replied, “The Lord’s will be done.”

— Deacon Marvin

The point

A Puritan deacon's blunt, businesslike marriage proposal is met with an equally spiritual reply, illustrating an era's formal piety.

Scripture

Genesis 2:24Proverbs 18:22Matthew 6:10

Tone

Humorous

To tell aloud

under a minute · 52 words

Subjects

Piety Marriage

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