| Show chattering IN meeting IN I 1 yesterday NEWS a correspondent complained of bad behavior in meeting eiting in at the tabernacle on sunday and that by a person claiming the title of reverend a quarter in which we might naturally not be expected to look for such conduct A reverend certainly should feel himself in a duty bound tore to reverence Terence any place of worship especially during the time and progress of worship otherwise he sits in the unenviable enviable 11 ti beai beat of the scorner and may also be written down a very verj ill lii 11 bred person lacking in refinement refinements i fine ments courte couite courtesy sy christian spirit a and aud n d even common debenc decency it is seldom donte done generally Ppe speaking aking and it is not in very good taste for persons to get up in meeting and walk out during service but there may bo be circumstance circumstanced 1 under which that ifju and ne necessary in such case every half well bred person will retire decently and in order as everything should be done making as little or stir and attracting aa as little attention as possible so that those who remain to worship may not be disturbed therein but talking in meeting to annoy others is perfectly inexcusable A decent regard 9 ard for far the feelings and especially the religious convIct convictions lous rites and ceremonies corem onles onies of others is an unfailing trait in every cultivated proper properly ly brought up or sensible person and reverend gentlemen outfit to bo be all of these in case of persistence in such ill mannered conduct there are several re medie medle such as an open rebuke by the officiating speaker an intimation by the usher of a breach of propriety and lastly if milder rnea ruea measures fail to silence the offender offen der an irresistible invitation to walk out no one la Is obliged to go to meeting the going is ent liely optional but when persons do go to meeting they should muster sufficient bunni clent good genbe to behave themselves decently while there if not they should be corrected and taught the lemon that a house bouse of worship is not a place or the display of bad manners and indecorousness |
