Show A GREEN HORN IN AN EPISCOPAL CHURCH on a pleasant sunday morning during the rector ship of dr wainwright wa inwright I 1 accompanied a young country coti coif relative down to the church jo ini order that be he might not only hear bear that str sarling sterling ling old divine preacher but that he might listen to music the like of which had bad never penetrated bib bis tympanum before The youth was waa from the he stat state e of vermont and this being hi bis his s first sight and hearing of episcopal worship be he seemed deeply absorbed in the proceedings the grated grayed strains from the choir of we praise thee 12 to thee all angels cry aloud to the cherubim and seraphim ac together with the deep and tender pathos ot of when thou bat haa overcome the sharpness of death thou open the kingdom of heaven to a I 1 bel bei believers leyers fevers 21 at once charmed and ana subdued him not insensible to the power of music then and at the present time ft a proficient be he has probably never fo gotten tha the tb heavenly harmony of old grace church choir it was not the music alone however which attracted his wonderment tut lut but the venerable priest the flowing surplice the reading of prayers from a book the frequent changing of postures 3 tures kneeling down and standing up the congregational res rep response re porse all combined to make a sensible impression after the morn ing service had been finished and the first psalm or hymn bad been announced the roctor left the chancel for tor the vestry room aa as you are aware ia is the custom that be he might throw odthe off the surplice and the scholastic gown at this pont pout my mt young vermont friend supposed that matters had about come to a conclusion and that church was waa going out and I 1 shall never fo get pet his hib bi i puzzled expression of countenance when ha he observed dr wainwright abt ascending the pal pt pit pil in his black gown you dont say theres any more to be done he inquired why faint they got through the yet on e explaining ve aaning to him that the bermon sermon was wag about to be preached he seemed more perplexed than ever and in a moment or two be was touching my elbag again remarking well there if I 1 aint fairly took in I 1 thought that was another minister entirely but I 1 see that is i the identical gentleman that was rigged out I 1 in his white connarn a little while ago E lj Y commercial advertiser |