Show rte Devotion Saved Him The prosecution of a strict memo ber of the church and a man of most exemplary deportment for disturbing the congregation while engaged in dl vine worship by his singing was the subject with which tho court had to wrestle in the case of State vs Link haw G9 N 0 214 Tho report shows that the effect of the singing was to make one part of the congrcgatloi laugh and the othe ma1 that the irreligious ir-religious and frivolous enjoyed it as fun while the serious and devout were Indignant It was shown that the disturbance was w > great that the I preacher in one instance declined to sing the hymn announced that tho presiding elder had refused to preach In the churci 011 account of such dig turbance and that after a sermon of especial solemnity a lenalns member of the church had on one occasion gone to the defendant and specially requested re-quested him not to sing at that time and lii this instance ho refrained Bu that although the church member and authorities had on many occasion expostulated with him he persisted In I singing and declared that he would worship bin God and that as n part of his worship It was his duty to sing Ho was found guilty Hut tho case went to tho Supreme Court of the State where It was held that as he had no intention or purpose to disturb tho congregation but was consclen tlously taking part In the religious services ser-vices ho was not guilty notwithstanding notwith-standing tho fact that a disturbance resulted Thus again was religious freedom cBtabllshedCnse and Comment Com-ment |