Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-11-15
Miss EuthanaSia Armlrinta at
Trinity Church.


Trinity Church.
} This Filth Avenue dity it seems was tn
} fortuate possessor of red ticket that ad
mitted her to one of the very front seat
in Trinity Church, New York, at the reli
glous services given to the Prince of Wals'
few Sundays since. Miss A. writes al
aboutit to her "dearest, adorable Sabrins
Jane" and, somehow, her letter got into
the Chicago Press.
81 am so glad now that pa kept bis pew
in Trinity. wish you could have been
here last Sunday. 1 think it was the most
delicious day of my life. The prince at,
tended service at Trinity, and you remem'
Der our pew. 1t was so delightfully."- near
to the royal party. 1t was so much bet
Ter than meeting him in ball room, and
then there was just as much style, you
know, and more, and so exclusive, every
body in full dress. l was almost crazy
with fear lest l should get disappointed by
the milliner, and Madam FIanche, but ev-
erything came home in time; the sweetest
bonnet you ever saw, with princes plume,
and l enclose you little piece of the dress,
the new ReDfrew robe, isn't it lovely? 1t
made pa frown little when the bills
came home, but ma attended to all that.
l had pa get me the finest prayer-book be
could find; crimson velvet, with heavy
gold clasp. How lucky that when we
girls were at school at Madame Dessaix's
Young Ladies' Hypophonaphon, we were
regularly drilled in our responses to the
church service, to give the proper sweet ex-
pressiveness to the features. 1t was so
lucky; and then, too, on Sunday morning
practised before the glass, saying them
and the Lords Prayer aloud, and was get
ting along well, when that tease Alfred,
who was all the while hid behind the cur
tains, burst out laughing, and said, "Go it,
sis, that high pious style of thing will take
him." Just as if there was not a proper
propriety even in saying the Lords payer.
But Alfred is not religious, and does not
appreciate these things.
81 never saw anything more impressive
in my life. He came in with his suite
little late. Everybody rose and received
him. He took his place in the pew as
signed him. Our dear rectors had prepar-
ed delightful little surprise in two beauti-
ful Prayer Books that lay upon the cush-
ion, the most exquisite bindings you ever
saw, presents to Albert Edward, one from
Trinity Church, and the other from its cler-
gy. That tease, Alfred, says if he had
known that was the dodge he would
have bad a box of bis favorite Ei Renfrem
cigars put into the pew, presented by the
son of one of the wardens of Trinity, as
pa is, you know. But Alfred should not
joke on such sacred things. How sweet
and touching to give young man away
from home a pious gift, like prayer book
The choir all came out in their surplices,
twentyfour in all. That tease, Alfred,
whispered to me, considerable surplus
piety in this church, 1 was provoked,
bat | had to laugh. He is such witch.
l wonder the surplices are not everywhere
in use, they give US a religious tone. 1
said so 10 pa, but he does not like sur
plices, and said gruf1y, "we should come
candles soon.
"The services were most imposing
They must have reminded the prince of his
home, and the tears came to my eyes as 1
thought of it. l saw him looking at me
just then, and my heart beat. There were
great many clergymen present, and sew
eral bishops, and they took turns, aud all
them never appeared better. Some of the
intoning was lovely and SO full of piety.
Ma said religion never seemed so much
like religion as on that day, and Alfred,
the tease, said it reminded him little of
the Fourth of July, but Alfred isn't pious
you know: Pa saws he never was prouder
of Trinity, all but the surplices in the choir
But l cannot tell you all the lovely things
of that Sunday. The sermon was splendid.
My letter is longer than intended, but
the memory of that Sunday is so delight
full. wish you could have been here
How fortunate for New York and this coun-
try that there is Trinity where the dear
prince could be reminded of home. l for
got to say that l watched him carefully in
all the responses. am certain he pro-
nounces r like 10, as for instance, "Take
not Thy Holy Spipit from us" "And
gwunt us Thy salvation. II is better than
dancing with the prince to attend church
with him."