Married love should grow and become richer and sweeter from year to year; and each anniversary of the marriage should mark a distinct advance in devotion over all preceding years. This important fact should be celebrated on each wedding anniversary by this program:
- Family and guests gather about the table and await the husband and wife, who enter to the playing of Mendelssohn’s Wedding March.
- After the supper the husband reads, “The Worn Wedding-Ring” (from November 12th).
- The Wife reads “How Do I Love Thee,” (November 21st).
- The minister, who should be a guest, should continue the program with prayer, ending with this benediction:
“The Lord bless thee and keep thee;
“The Lord make His face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee;
“The Lord lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.”