The May 18, 1956 Awake had the article entitled,"Husband and Wife Worship Unscriptural". It states:"Nowhere in the Bible do we find that mates are to be worshipped, or that there should be a Wedding Anniversary Day kept in their honor. Worship belongs exclusively to Jehovah God, as He himself says:' I Jehovah your God am a God exacting exclusive devotion'. ..... The female organ called the 'hymen' is named after the God of Weddings Hymenaeus, who was worshipped by the pagan Greeks. He personified the hymn sung outside the bridal chamber....Hymenaeus consorted with Eros, the god of sex, and with Zeus, the king of the gods.".......Christendom today makes much of Wedding Anniversaries, but the greatest of all husbands and the greatest of all wives are not universally worshipped in her domain. Jehovah God is the Husband of his wifely Organization and His "woman" is his organization. She is the mother of those that receive life from God.......On the face of it the arrangement of Wedding Anniversary Days seems harmless and calculated to do good. But the people are in ignorance of Satan's subtle hand in the matter......The wife that dishonors God is not a good woman, regardless of how many children she may bear; whereas some of her children may be faithful servants of Jehovah. The good wife is the one that serves and honors Jehovah and teaches her children to do likewise, and who renders her proper wifely duties in the home. Real men have great respect and great love for such wives, but their worship they give to Jehovah God. The same can be said for good husbands."
AlanF