Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1914 — At Church In Holland. [ARTICLE]

At Church In Holland.

In many parts of Holland men still wear their hats In church. Moreover, smoking in church 1b not considered irreverent by the Dutch when service is not in progress, and, it is said, even the ministers sometimes indulge in this practice. Altogether, Dutch Protestantism is, it would seem, from a certain standpoint, a comfortable form of religion. One may keep bis hat on in church, which saves him many a chill; he may talk freely and in his natural voice, not in a whisper; he has a neat housemaid In a white cap and apron to show him to his pew or to offer him a chair; and he has nice drab pews of painted deal all around him and a cheerful “two-decker” pulpit above.