Church Etiquette

Be on time. No one has a right x distuvb a congregation or a preacher by being tardy. Never look around tosee who s coming in whcn the door opens. It diverts your own and otbers' attent on írom the exercises and is discourteous to iho preacher. Kever talk or whisper in churcli, ospacially after the exercises have opened. Never pull cut your watch to see wh;it time it i.s when the text is announoed, or during the sermón. Better foed on a sermón than to time it Never lean your head on the pew rail bufore you. as though indifferent to the preacher. Conform, f possible in conscieno&, to the usages of the church in which you worship; kneel, stand, bow accordingl_v. Never manifest your disapprobation oL wliat is being said, by unpleasant sounds or signs, or by liastily luaving. Do not fidget, as thougli the service were a weariness. Be quiet and deeorous to the very end. Do not put on your overcoat or adjust your wrappings till after the benediotíoo. No gentleman ever defiles a place of woisliip witli tobáceo. Never be one of a staring crowd about tlie door or iu the vestibuls beforo or after service. Donothngout of keeping with the time, place, and purpose of a religious ass íubly. A disregard for these rules ia ii i (jsiüve of ill breeding, and is