as an ornament.”1 In this the Manual is simply echoing the position taken by E. G. White on this subject. Writing to missionaries she said, Some have had a burden in regard to the wearing of a marriage ring, feeling that the wives of our ministers should conform to this custom. All this is unnecessary.… Americans can make their position understood by plainly stating that the custom is not regarded as obligatory in our country.… In countries where the custom is imperative, we have no burden to condemn