Word: warleggon
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...Warleggon soon decided that the new rector was, to say the least, standoffish. He refused to shake hands with his parishioners, explaining that he was offended by the old Cornish custom of spitting in the palms before hefting a pitchfork. He banned the traditional whist party in the parish house. "A whist drive," he said, "is an amusement, and amusements come from hell." He refused to conduct a Sunday school, because Sunday schools are unmentioned in the Bible. He wanted to get rid of the venerable church organ, since he disliked organ music-"a gabbled profanity" he called...
...Church of England's constitution; however, the bishop was powerless, for the rector had committed no crime, and he was conducting the services acceptably. Stuck with their rector, the flock retaliated by refusing to go to church. Some went to other Anglican churches; others drifted off to Warleggon's Methodist chapel. After 1935, not a soul among Warleggon's parishioners entered the church for Sunday services again...
...himself and preached two services to the bare 13th century walls. He sang the hymns himself, and composed his sermons with care. Occasionally curious visitors would drop in to hear him. To supplement their attendance, he placed cards in the first six pews bearing the names of his predecessors-Warleggon rectors since the days of the Normans. "I am not sure I do not prefer my congregation of ghosts," he would say. "They cannot object to any innovation I make...
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