Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell

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We stopped for the whole service.

[…]

O[rgan]. – Large and fine in the correct position.

H[ymns]. – Church Hymns, a nice selection.  The Anthem, "As pants the hart …"

C[hoir]. – Large, unsurpliced males and boys' beautiful voices etc.

[The congregation numbered] 500 – A representative gathering but there were few of the very poor (if any) with which the district abounds.

[…]

M[iscellaneous]. – It is a curious combination of High and Low Church. 

A NOTE IS ATTACHED FROM A NEWSPAPER dated 30/12/83 saying "The Vicar of St. Stephen's, Rochster [sic] Row, has taken a poll of his congregation on the question of surplicing the choir.  The result was 514 voted in favour of and 60 against the reform."

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