Sight-Seeing in the Sanctuary

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jan 27, 1890

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 16, No. 4.

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Sight-Seeing in the Sanctuary

A SIGHT-SEEING craze that invades the sanctuary, spying on the President and family in their devotions, is disgusting. Yet every Sunday this pitiful spectacle is presented in Washington. On the steps of the church where the Harrisons worship, scores of gray-haired old "women" of both sexes may be seen seated, waiting for the doors to open and for the Executive party to arrive. The exchequer of the Presbyterian Church could be considerably swollen if the elders would adopt the plan in vogue in a colored Roman Catholic Church in Washington. The Italian priest has trained an excellent negro choir, which excels any in that city. His father, Count Somebodini, has donated a noble marble altar. Hence, the church is frequented by white and colored lovers of music, and strangers of all creeds. Ten cents admission is charged, with financial returns that are astonishing, so great is often the crowd seeking admission. Church members do not, of course, have to pay. An old "colored lady" was noticed one Sunday to put a nickle on the plate and make change right there for her two-cent contribution.—America.