Telegram-herald., 1890-07-07
-HoNoR TO WHOM HONOR.
sosas stristares % = Eseent Interview
aeen. 4xlatty Shersh.

znen 4eiattY ehereh.
- tas Es.ta g. IHlsszAs Hzss1s.
a. article 81 tae saea4y morning
Eagis Of June q, under tie caption of
''Tsn.ty's Cn0rlsters," Is manifeslly IN
Eslded 10 convey he impression that
the vested choir : new feature ia the
SERVICES Of the r. K. Chusch 10 Grand
Rapids. Ii j. vel knOwR that St.
Marks Chnrch haA . vested eholr
fe@ years ago. il is also vel knaWn
that tie vested eh0iE vas feature "a
lfulty Church services Irom t8e eom-
nieneement and during the entrs time
II tie late FectOr's pastoIate- He L
Vas who lnauguTared and earned out
the plan. Oue-half of the present
choir received their firss training from
nlms and any euteagCr - convey
different impression = nSuglt bat q
nllsfe lTt sentAtlou ~ fact. To him, aud
- ann alone. belongs All the honor.
hH marked success Ia tuat direction
has made i all the easier for kev. III. n
Johnston 70 carry on a work established
long before AIS advent amOug us, and
winch Tue writer of the article Ia CUES
t0B says. makes the services at Trin-
ny 0f more interest than at the larger
church st. Marks. That : as il may
he. Tastes differ Ia music As IN other
matters. There IS no question, how
ever, as % the quality OF that taste
which would prompt a man 10 appro-
pirate 70 himself whatever Of merit
thece may be IN the success of an enter
prise winch he neither conceived nor
began.
Having thus righted a manifest
VT n, | might stop here, were
there not some very curious, as
also some very amusing, statements
made by the interviewed man, whoever
he was. and which the reporter has
probably accepted as 'ssome few
thoughts" on these matters. In the
first place the Rev. Mr.. johnson is MT
Rector of Trinity. Being IS yet in
Deacon's orders only, and not canonic-
ally connected with TINS diocese, he is,
As Bishop Gillespie styles him, 1.-The
Deacon IN charge of the parish" He
can only be elected Rector when ad-
yanced TO Priests orders. He is not a
native of Canada, but was born in the
United states. Going TO Canada at an
early age, brought up and educated IN
that country, be may safely pass for a
Canuck; but, all the same, ne is a born
Yankee. When, however, the reporter
gives us an elaborate statement
OF the reasons why and the
conditions under which the tram
ing of chorister boys is so
simple an affair IN another country,
and so difficult in this, he has not hest
tated TO give us In addition certain
words and IDEAS which characterize his
informant as one who was not brought
up IN this country. | question If the
parents OF the lads would care to have
1t stated quite so publicly that Trinity's
chOristers are from those "boys in
whom restless mischief and innate
deyiltry" prevail. What blessed
thing 1t is for us to know that Rev. Mr.
Johnston has succeeded cas- well "a he
might have done in Canada" 1t Is
true that we are told he had 'good ma
teraP' from which to select. How
providential. Had il been otherwise,
the climate deviltry" might have
proved too much for him. Maybe it
Will yet do so. Who knows? Boys are
mighty curious chaps sometimes.
The notification of services at 1870
and ll:30, "moruing and evening"" is
evidently an emanauon from the
lOcund reporters imaginative brain.
He Is witty fellow anyhow, and must
have enjoyed huge internal chuckle
while he noted down the description so
feelingly portrayed to hlm of how the
boys of "restless mischief and innate
deviltry' marched into the church and
took their accustomed places, as though
this were a new thing to the people of
Grand Rapids, or an importation from
another country 10 astonish the natives
on Calendar Sabbaths." Calendar
Sabbaths.' is goodl 1t is on
par with another famous
! expression which the reporter has given
US, viz: "The traditions of High Church
England" What is meant, anyway, by
"Hlgh Church England ard "Calen-
| dar Sabbaths?" VIII not our witty
friend try and get for US "few
thoughts" on this?
One other point must not pass un-
noticed, viz: That "Trinity Church is
now one of the strongest in the Do
| cese?' Glory, hallelujah. What says
| st. Marks to that And Grace, too
/ the "little church round the corner"
which refuses to become an annex of
/ st. Marks and play second fiddle
| thereto2 If Trinity be one of the strong,
est, why was it not represented at the
late Diocesan Convention 1t ought to
set a better example. RumOr has it.
that there has been sad neglect on Its
part, and that not having paid its can
oncal Episcopal assessment, 1t was
"barred out, my boy" The whole
article seems to have been gotten NJ
on n free-trade basis for circulation in
/ the Canadian market. FAIR PLAY.