Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-03-22

most devastated, but the plague touch
ed not one member of his flock, and
the thankful father erected the quaint
edifice stone by stone. 1t still stands
as a lasting monument to his faith.
1t is in this chapel that young girls
pray to the saint for husbands, and
where the little amulets containing ST.
Josephs are blessed for the same hap
by purpose. One of the Oldest church,
es in Louisiana Is st. Martins Church
on Bayou Teche. It was was a refuge
for the exiled Acadians, whom the
English drove from Canadian schore,
and tradition declares that Evangeline
lies under an oak in the old burying
ground.
Presidents Church, Washington.
st. Johns, in Washington, D. c., is
in some respects the most famous
church in America. Once when a
young man applied to President Lin
coin for a position in the government
Service and presented handful of let
tiers of recommendation. Lincoln said:
You had better keep these. They
might-znow mind you, don't say will
but they might-gain you member
ship at st. Johns"
Thus early had this most aristo-
cratic of all Americas church earned
its name for exclusiveness. 1t was
built in 1916, and. though it has since
been remodeled. 1t still seats only 700
committee waited on President Madi-
son and stated that pew No. % had
been set aside for his use.
Known as presidents Pew"
Ever since then it has been known
as the presidents pew" and st
Johns has been known as the "presi.
dents church" Although all the CHIEF
| executives since its building have MOI
been members of that faith, most OF
them have attended 1t at some Oh
other. Memorial windows have beer
placed there to Presidents Madison
Monroe, Van Buren,, William HENRY
Harrison, John Tyler and Zachery
Taylor, who worshipped in this
church while IN office" One of the
most notable gatherings ever held hers
was in 1897 at the time of Worlds
postal congress, when the funera
services were held over he yound del.
egate from Hawaii who had died dur
ing the convention. The congregation
was made up OF people of almost every
nationality and race under the sun
Benjamin Latrobe. the architect of tn,
capitol, designed the church and 1t ha.
gathered under its roof more repressn'
tative people than any other house O.
worship in America.
Bells Of ST. MiehaePs
The bells. of old st. MichaePs II
Charleston, s. c.. have had widel.
travelled life and checkered career. I
is said this church was designed b,
Gibbs, architect of st. Martin -in-th
Field. London. When 1t was flnishe,
February / 1851. the clock in the tow
er and the bells In the tall steeple ma,
been brought at great expense from
England. In 1882 Major Fraill, Brit
ish officer, took the bells away and
despite the pleadings of the Charleston
people, the English government woul
not restore them to st. Mlchaefr
When the Civil war broke out, tn
vestry had the bells taken from thei
seaport home and carried inland I
Columbia for safety. In doing thi
they had not reckoned on Sherman
and when he burned Columbia tn
bells were rendered useless, and two q
-' $780, ~ 1856 the remain
ing ones ~-ars ee7s ~e-o'n to England I
he recast by the successors Of the firr
that had made them, and in 1868 the
were rehung
Old Story Of st. Miehael's.
An old story of ST. Eichael's tells I
a negro slave who once saved n