The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-01-30
srpEsnows IN TIE ORGAN LOFT.

Choir singers are proverbially frolIc
some lot. Sopranos are usually heauti
ul, and altos invariably bewitehing
renors, If not gifted with manly grace
Of person, are often disIIacting 10 the
feminine mind in respect to neck weai
or Pumpadour arrangement OF the halr
Whle baSS-s, as a rule, are irTes!stlbly
massive. Under such conditions peace
and order i'll a choir are not to be eX
pected. In times of revival choirs have
o-eD known 10 listen to sermons and re-
main tTaCtable during a reasonable per-
ID OF supplication, and at funerals the
corpse is rarely insultpd by unseemly
levIty in the organ loft-certainly no
complaint has ever been made-hu'
when the church relaXes into Its normal
-iale. wI'h the prayer meeting at thr
regular hour, and the ladies' sewing cir
Gle, Ion Tuesday afIt rno N as usual
he choir Is hpard from, says the New
Haven Palladium.
AIer the discourse is under way. the
soprano must listen to the fl ,tterine
comments of the bass department on
ner vocal frllls in some difficult "Ln'
All the Eirth Keep Silence" while th'
fTi-ky alto Is cOnvulsed at the tenor VIII
mas lost sleeve button OF suffered some
ither equally critically catastrophe.
Meanwhile the little sopranos, the sec
md altos and the reserve force Of basses
aud tenor gIggle in chorus. Some one
mas said ''lts wire young man who
Iaughs at his employers jokes, so in
thi, heavenly anthem businpss-the little
angels giggle with their superlors-oI
nencefOrth they sit down stairs with
the worshlppers.
An Auburn preacher has put th'
church going world under lasting obi
cations by quickly rrbukiug his disnr
derby choir, He stopped short in the
midst of his discourse dismissed the con-
sregatiOn with hurried benedictiun
and retired TO his study in tears, thert
u muse Oh the unapprecIative, thought
less makeup of the human angel. II l.
indeed a strange inconsistency, tha
prompts a sweet muUthed girl to sing
| Oh, How We Love This neavenl,
Pace" with fever that crowds the
mercy seat. after which she retires be-
mind The CHOIR curtain to MUNICH peanu's
tnd arrange a straw ride with somt
uInk-cht eked clerk who sings to tn,
glory of The Cross Al 50 H Sunday.
Rev Hubbard should take c, urage
His persecution is shared by Thousands
| Of his craft. The voluntary ch ir when
It degenerates into a social club for th'
young and thoughtless is nuisance
Hired singers are usually of more serl
Gus craft and they dread to make dis
turbance, for it means discharge. Vol.
unteer singers easily contract the "bp
neadr which differeS from la Grippe
IN that the community suffers the el
feet. They come to rehearsals when
hey please and they throw hymn bot k
about as if conscious without their sing
ing the worship Of the Creator would
practically fall into innocuous desue-
tude.
II there be good sprinkling of older
persons IN these all-aboard choirs or q
leader with strong control, the restless
youth can often be held in check.
II is hard to see what excuse a church
can offer for continuing choir not in
sympathy with the services. Their
-Inging is certainly not edifying. and
their disinierest and antics are distract
ing. Monkey shines are out Of place IN
choir. We can get more of them and
Of better quality by paying 90 cents a.
y tent show, with the adde privilege
# seeing the wild animals The g'd
los choir must co. Woodstock Stand
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