Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1911 — Length of Court Sermons. [ARTICLE]

Length of Court Sermons.

The recognized time for a preacher to occupy the pulpit when preaching before tbe late king was ten minutes. King George however has never quite approved of these very short sermons, and it has been intimated to the chaplains in ordinary attached to the royal household, from whom the preacher for the morning service at Buckingham usually selected, that their sermons may be lengthier than they were customarily in the late reign- An intimation of this sort amounts practically to a command, but it is doubtful if it will be very welcome to some of the chaplains who were in the late king’s household. who have during the past years rarely preached a sermon of more than ten minutes’ duration. When the king is at Buckingham Palace on Sunday the preacher for the morning service is selected by his majesty, the selection is usually made on Friday and the chaplain who has been chosen Is notified of the fact by the subdean. t'