I suppose the custom of playing innocent tricks on the bridal pair is universal. I don’t know if you will get by without anything being done in a joking way on your wedding day, but I heard a story of one wedding where, as the bride and groom knelt before the altar for the vows, a restrained echo of giggling could be detected throughout the church. A member of the wedding party had painted in big white letters on the soles of the groom’s shoes, the letters H E L P.

Now of course, when we speak about the theme of our text, “Our HELP is in the Name of the Lord,” we do not mean it in the sense of the joke intended by the prankster who painted the word “help” on the soles of the groom. We are dead serious, when we say this afternoon to you, ____ and ____ , you need Help to make a good marriag…