Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1885 — That Remington Church Choir Racket. [ARTICLE]

That Remington Church Choir Racket.

Remington, Iwd., May 23. 1885. Editor Reitblican In the Remington items of your issue of May 21st, your correspondent says: “For some inscrutable and unexplained reason the entire choir of the M. E. church (except the Chorister) deserted .the newly appointed organist, last Sunday.” For some inscrutable and .unexplained reason your correspondent stigmatizes the whole M. E. church choir, except the chorister as deserters. As this is a misrepresentation of the choir who are composed of some of our anost w<# hy y<mg ladies and gentle men and nearly all are members of the M. E. church, J do not feel like letting it pass without a statement of the facts ia the case, although I detest the publication of church differences through newspaper correspondence. Your correspondent must have some pique against the choir, or else ho must be like the young typo of the Remington News that is characterized ip the ■said Remington items as young and inexperienced. Here is a statement of the case that 1 give to clear the choir of the charge ■of rebeldotm. One of the committee on music called an uncalled for meeting of the comsariifcee, md then stated it was for the purpose of electing an organist. As there was already one organist it was suggested that that was enough, but the committee proceeded to elect another organist, and to re-elect a leader of the choir who had once before in this conference year been, elected, and authorized him to choose his own singers. As the choir knew this last fact they could not consistently go forward to sing without an invitation Here we have a choir composed of a i leader twice elected, and two organists. If that is not music enough for the church the church must be hard to. ?p lease.

A MEMBER.