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Show 456 Life anjd Light [October "All the world loves a lover," and womankind at least enjoys wedding annals, is that not so? Hence here are the particulars of what happened that beautiful May morning away in the Wedding Heavenly Port, Tientsin, when Br. Susan B. Tallmon became Mrs. Benjamin Sargent. Prof. Richard T. Evans of the Government University in Tientsin and Mrs. Marion McGown Evans were the honored host and hostess, and nothing was left undone to make the occasion most ideal. Though modeled after like events in the Homeland, it was nevertheless most cosmopolitan. Miss Edith Tallmon was there to represent the great family circle in America, and Mrs. A. P. Peck, formerly President of our Board, presented the greetings of the W. B. M. P. From Paot-ingfu, came Mrs. C. J. King; from Peking, Mrs. Ament and Miss Payne; from Te Chow, Mr. Bergamine, the architect of the fine Elizabeth Memorial Hospital at Lintsing, and from this latter city came Mrs. Ellis; the Tientsin friends were there too, so that W. B. M. and W. B. M. I. were also well represented. The bridegroom had just arrived from California, and the officiating clergyman, Rev. Robert E. Chandler, of Tientsin, is a native of India. The wedding costume also had been gathered by a world-wide circle of friends. The gown of Chinese material was made by a Japanese dressmaker, though embroidered by one who loved the bride, -Mrs. Ch'en of Lintsing. The accessories were from India and America, including a handkerchief given by one of the Susan B. Tallmon club in San Jose, in a "surprise shower" two years ago. This must be an instance of "coming events casting shadows before." But what was no surprise at all was that the bride was very sweet and dear with the ferns and white roses in her hands, and the bridegroom truly noble; and in their trust in the Heavenly Love in which they abide, we can share, as we catch the strain of the hymn, "O Love that will not let me go," just as we can heartily join in the tender prayer for blessing and a lifetime of consecrated service. In the study were arranged handsome and useful presents from near and far-very far; and the dining-room, where the breakfast was spread, was lovely with bowls of pink and white roses. The wedding cake had come from California, like our first houses brought around Cape Horn, in sections; and the ice was made of New England |