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High Times At Robert Collyer's Church

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Day
4
Month
March
Year
1870
Copyright
Public Domain
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luiai uiBiinHf, uu uau úeen waverug bctween ortliodoxy and heterodoxy for BOinc time, camo iiito the city on Suuday morning to hear ïtobert Collyer preach. It was Lis first visit to Chicago. íkeppiog iLto a North Clark street horse car lie rodo out as far as Turner Hall, where many of the passecgors alighted, and he peroeived a crowd of pcople, and inquired of the conductor if that wa Robert Collyer's church. The conductor, amused at the siuiplicity of the (jueston, promptly answeied in the afñrmative, and our curious iuquirer passed iuto tbo hall. He saw a vabt crowd of men and woaicu sittiug at Bmall tables, drinkiog beer. 'l'hh rather 6taggered him for a moment, but he reñected that thej werc posí-ibly rooeiving the coramunion. So he sat down at a table and looked arouud him. Presently a young uuan vvith a white apron cme up aud agki.-d if he bad ordered. No, he replied, he ivas not esactly a member of tho society, but he carne to hear Mr. Collyer. The youth with the white aprou Btared and pasaed on. Very booq a number of gentlemen etepped on the platform with trombones, and fiddles, and corneta, and began to play. These Uní' ariana have a queer way of worsbiping, thcught the oid gentleman, but I bave been living out of the world ; that's nuats íiin mauer, i. euppose. tío thought it would all come out right perbajjs when Robcrt Collyer carne od. But after the music there was more " coroinuiñon," and after a long iüterval there was more niusic ; and by-and-by man dreised in tights carao forward and ccnimecced to swing round and round on a polo. Tben anotber min, dresscd liko the first, went tbrough a course üf tsereise on a crossbar. And then there was more niuaic and no end to " oommuniou." The stranger sat out the services very patiently, and tben wout borne. He bad come to the conolusion tbat Unitarianism was all Tery well n theory, but these new-íangled notioDs of worsbip were not so edifying dter all as the good oíd Presbyterian psalms aud

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