Dr. Chapin

On a certain occasion, the eloquent Dr. E. H. Chapin, being sick, was compelled to ask a friend to preach for him. As the stranger rose to announce the opening hymn, a score of persons rose to go out. This clergyman also was equal to such an emergency.

"All," he said, "who came here to worship Dr. Chapin will please leave now; but those who came to worship God will sing the forty-third hymn." That stopped the exodus.

Selected, Signs of the Times, September 11, 1884 With permission from Dale Galusha <dalgal@pacificpress.com>

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