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Literary
September 19, 1879
Washington Standard
Olympia, Thurston County, Washington
What is this article about?
A humorous anecdote about Lord Cardigan, who confronts his clergyman over a biblical reference to women praying uncovered, mistakenly believing Corinthians is in the Old Testament and confusing it with a nickname.
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Lord Cardigan and the Bible.
Lord Cardigan was a very positive man, and commanded every one—physicians, lawyers, parsons, as well as all the army—that he dared to. He had little capacity for pleasantry. One day when the weather was very hot, Lady Cardigan, after church, said laughingly to Mr. Sylvester, the clergyman of Deene, "It was so warm to-day that we seriously thought of coming to church without our bonnets."
"If you had done so," replied Mr. Sylvester, "I should have sent you back, for you know we are told that no woman should pray with her head uncovered."
Lady Cardigan told his lordship of this as a pleasant saying of their friend the parson, but his lordship received it in a very different light. He brooded over it for a week, and then said to Mr. Sylvester, "I wish to speak to you. Is it true that you told Lady Cardigan that if she had come to church without her bonnet you should have sent her back?" "Perfectly true," replied Mr. Sylvester. "Then may I ask you where you find that in your orders?" asked Lord Cardigan. "It is so written in the Bible," replied the clergyman. "In the Bible!" said Lord Cardigan: "I do not believe it. I have got a Bible here—I don't exactly know where it is, but it is somewhere—which tells you all about everything, and I am sure I never read anything of the kind there. Where is it!" "It is in the eleventh chapter of Corinthians," replied the clergyman. "Corinthians! Corinthians! But that is in the Old Testament which is entirely superseded by the new regulations," replied his lordship. "Pardon me," replied Mr. Sylvester, "the Epistle to the Corinthians is in the New Testament." "Corinthians! Let me see! Corinthians!" remarked his lordship thinking deeply: "what do I know about Corinthians? Oh! I remember—they always called Tom Wilton, Corinthian Tom."
Lord Cardigan was a very positive man, and commanded every one—physicians, lawyers, parsons, as well as all the army—that he dared to. He had little capacity for pleasantry. One day when the weather was very hot, Lady Cardigan, after church, said laughingly to Mr. Sylvester, the clergyman of Deene, "It was so warm to-day that we seriously thought of coming to church without our bonnets."
"If you had done so," replied Mr. Sylvester, "I should have sent you back, for you know we are told that no woman should pray with her head uncovered."
Lady Cardigan told his lordship of this as a pleasant saying of their friend the parson, but his lordship received it in a very different light. He brooded over it for a week, and then said to Mr. Sylvester, "I wish to speak to you. Is it true that you told Lady Cardigan that if she had come to church without her bonnet you should have sent her back?" "Perfectly true," replied Mr. Sylvester. "Then may I ask you where you find that in your orders?" asked Lord Cardigan. "It is so written in the Bible," replied the clergyman. "In the Bible!" said Lord Cardigan: "I do not believe it. I have got a Bible here—I don't exactly know where it is, but it is somewhere—which tells you all about everything, and I am sure I never read anything of the kind there. Where is it!" "It is in the eleventh chapter of Corinthians," replied the clergyman. "Corinthians! Corinthians! But that is in the Old Testament which is entirely superseded by the new regulations," replied his lordship. "Pardon me," replied Mr. Sylvester, "the Epistle to the Corinthians is in the New Testament." "Corinthians! Let me see! Corinthians!" remarked his lordship thinking deeply: "what do I know about Corinthians? Oh! I remember—they always called Tom Wilton, Corinthian Tom."
What sub-type of article is it?
Prose Fiction
Satire
What themes does it cover?
Religious
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Lord Cardigan
Bible
Corinthians
Clergyman
Humorous Anecdote
Religious Ignorance
Social Interaction
Literary Details
Title
Lord Cardigan And The Bible.
Key Lines
"If You Had Done So," Replied Mr. Sylvester, "I Should Have Sent You Back, For You Know We Are Told That No Woman Should Pray With Her Head Uncovered."
"It Is In The Eleventh Chapter Of Corinthians," Replied The Clergyman.
"Corinthians! Corinthians! But That Is In The Old Testament Which Is Entirely Superseded By The New Regulations," Replied His Lordship.
"Pardon Me," Replied Mr. Sylvester, "The Epistle To The Corinthians Is In The New Testament."
"Corinthians! Let Me See! Corinthians!" Remarked His Lordship Thinking Deeply: "What Do I Know About Corinthians? Oh! I Remember—They Always Called Tom Wilton, Corinthian Tom."