S. A. Oke

“ Marriage by geniune Native form and controlled by Native laws can in no way militate against Christianity nor hinder spirituality in its members nor effect any degradation to it. English state laws have reminded the Churches and Missionaries over and over of their encroachment on the laws of Marriage. ”

“ In Nigeria, the English Law provides that marriage may be celebrated in any licensed place of worship by any recognised Minister of the Church, denomination or body to which such place of worship belongs, and according to the rites or usages of marriage observed in that church, denomination, or body, provided that the marriage be celebrated with open doors between the hours of 8 o'clcck in the forenoon and 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and in the presence of two or more witnesses besides the officiating minister ”

“ And that it was a marriage performed neither in the Temple nor in the synagogue but in the upper room of a private house.
Historians tell us: "Majority of Jewish houses were only one story high. In some houses an upper room is set apart for religious purposes; prayers are offered in it, circumcision and the rite of matrimony performed, the pass-over eaten, and the dead laid out"
"The ceremony is performed in the 'upper room' of private houses. The betrothed pair stand under a canopy, the bride being veiled, both wearing crowns, which are several times exchanged during the ceremony. ”

“ Churchmen may as well let it alone as a social, civil, or national question rather than a religious one—especially as the view that is sure to prevail in every country is that which is held legal by the government of that country—since Christendom cannot show a united front on the subject."
In conclusion, let us learn that women are created for men—I Cor. ”