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...than most Christian denominations. Most admit only adultery as a divorce cause. A Presbyterian minister might properly marry a divorce only if the person were the innocent derelict of desertion or the innocent cheat of adultery. And, because the minister has had free discretion to judge marital innocence, amiable pew-holders occasionally have tried to strain his goodwill...
...Carrie Gloyd married the Rev. David Nation, veteran of the Civil War. In 1901 the Rev. Nation, divorced her on grounds of desertion, cruelty. It had been her custom to sit in the front pew while he was preaching, comment audibly upon his sermon. When she had listened as long as seemed to her sufficient, she would shout out: "That will be about all for today, David!" In 1900 Carrie Nation, began to see visions and to hear angel voices. In church she became ecstatic, ran up and down the aisles, clapped her hands, shouted "Hallelujah!" and "Praise the Lord...
Save for the President's pew and the diplomatic section, the Senate galleries were crowded long before 11 a. m. People sat on the floor in the aisles, breaking the rules. Word went about that Senator-designate and Senator-elect Frank L. Smith of Illinois was in the Republican cloakroom. Curious first row gallery-sitters craned their necks over the railing, hoping to see something, breaking another Senate rule. The hour of 11 approached. Senators sauntered to their desks, rustled papers. A gratuitous informer in the gallery pointed, whispered: "See that handsome man with the white hair; that...
...Jason Noble Pierce, minister of the First Congregational Church in Washington, D. C., where Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge attend, where falling plaster once knocked a woman near the President's pew unconscious (TIME, June 21), last week told the Kiwanis Club in Stamford, Conn., that: "Probably four out of five of those who attend the services are not my people but come to the church just to see the President. The fact that we had to extend the seating capacity of the church does not signify a growth in spirituality, but rather an increase in curiosity...
...vested choir sang "The Voice That Breathed O'er Eden." The organ played the usual selection from Lohengrin. Dr. Hugh Birckhead, the Bruce pastor from Baltimore, performed the marriage service. Secretary Mellon then stepped back to the pew across from the President. The bridal couple advanced to the altar and Bishop Freeman of the Cathedral said the wedding service, including "Obey...