Show FROM OUTSIDE THE PALE Sextons Reason for Not Seating Strangers In Church Bishop Potter had been telling tho Sunday school convention some of tho things the Cathedral of St John the Divine Is going to be when It Is finished fin-ished I hope to give no offense to my brother clergy he said If I say that It is going to be the church In New York where a stranger can find a place Then he told this story When I was rector of Grace church I noticed one Sunday a group of four or five strangers who stood at the door half through the service although there were empty seats In the pews After service I called my sexton to me Brown was an Interesting and picturesque pic-turesque but I regret to say profane personage Brown I said severely no one Is to he left standing while there Is a vacant seat In the church I saw four or five persons standing this morning right through morning prayer Yes replied Brown but they came from New Jersey New York Times |