Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-14
WHERE THE PILGRIMS PRAYED.


| church. II stands facing the canal lust
below the drnwbridge which crosses
| II. There are old houses on each side
! OF IT, ana the street looks as though IL
were a slice taken out OF the middle
ages and dropped down into the pres
! ent. The church Is made OF we'll burnt
| brown bricks with doors and window
frames painted white The windows
are arched and they have many panes.
| The church has clock tower and a
| eupalo, and IN It's day Il must have
| been one of the best of its kind.
The sexton lives IN a little house
next door She is a kind old Dutch
lady who would De good looking il Il
were not that she has lost her front
teeth She has the whitest of caps
the roslest OF cheeks and most
pleasant smile. She took me through
the church aud showed ue its curious
features, including the pulpit Bible
which dates back TO UPS. or to eight
years after the Pilgrims left Holland
She pointed out q stone in the wall
which was sent TO the church By some
Of the people OF Chicago, and said that
inc Chicagoans had also taken away
stone from the floor. She said that Two
OF tho Srpvegtones had been taken BY
q PHILADELPHIA man for the New Eng
land society az Pennsylvania, and that
The society also mad the old aims box.
Tkis old church has been used since
the Pilsrlms left and Il Is IN use to-
gay. IL has seats for about 200 peo-
pie.-qbalnt oak benches and reading
desks in front Of them, upon which
lie many Bibles. The Bibles are in
Dutch end they look as old az the
church Itself. They are somewhat Ike
the 81 Kind sold by our itinerant book
agents, each containing the hymns as
well as the full test OF the Scriptures.
FIRE BOXES FOR COLD FEET.
Underneath cach bench Is lit,le
square boX-like f0otstoo with anger
holes in the top. These stools are
the only heating ARRANGEMENT Of the
church Before service the sexton puts
a little pot Of glowing charcoal or
peat IN each stool and the women nut
their feet on the top Of the stools and
thus keep them warm during the long
service. The peat must be we'll lighted
ana glowing or Il VIII smoke. making
one think that the church Is on fire !
When | went W into the pulpit no. |
ticed there were holes In its door. and |
was told that boxes OF burning char |
coal or peat were placed below It to |
keep the dominic hot.
The collections are taken up in little |
black bags fastened 10 long poles,
which the elders carry about during /
each service. There are always two
one for the poor and the
other for the church and the elders.
The elders have seats of honor not far
from which Is the pew OF the parson.
The poor are given the poorest seats
being showed away on benches behind
the preacher.
took a look at the records Of the
church, some Of which chronicle the
leaving OF the Pilgrims on the END OF
July, 1920, and then wrote my name In
the signature book as All Americans
who honor the Pilgrims Fathers and
appreciate the hospitality of the Hol-
andeis are requested 10 do-with a
donation. / also gave the donation.
THE DUTCH AS CHURCHGoERs.
The Dutch are very much like other
nations as regards church going. They
attend more regularly In the country
nan In the city. The village churches
IRE fun In the morning, and notwlth-
the long sermons the people
Usually sit out the service. The first