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Show CHANGE IN CHURCH SERVICE Pastor of the Present Asks the Congregation Con-gregation "Shall We Sing Hymn 478 V "Last Sunday evening and the Sun-lay Sun-lay evening before that and the Sun-lay Sun-lay evening before that I went to :hurch," said the gray-headed man. "I went to a different church each time. I noticed that the years I have itayed away from church have wrought many changes In the service, but tbs change that Impressed me most was the manner of announcing the hymna Formerly the minister said, 'Let ua ling,' or 'We will now sing Hymn 478.' Now he puts It In the form of an Interrogation In-terrogation and says, 'Shall we sing Hymn 478?' "At any rate, that Is the way the Siymns were announced where I went :o church those last three Sundays. I wonder If the fashion Is universal now, ilso 1 wonder what the minister would ay If some temerarious soul should ipeak up: "No, we will not uing that lymn I don't like It. Let us sing so m: "Of course It Is hardly conceivable :hat anybody ever could develop so nuch rambunctlousnoss, but It Is In-cresting In-cresting to speculate on what would lappen If somebody should." |