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February 26, 1903
The Cooperstown Courier
Cooperstown, Griggs County, North Dakota
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Rector Dr. Spalding Olmsted at Church of St. Asaph in Bala, Pa., uses ready wit to rebuke golfers who enter the church during a service to escape rain, calling it making religion an umbrella.
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Make Religion an Umbrella
Rector's Ready Wit Rebukes Golfers Who Enter Church to Escape a Shower.
When the bishop of Colorado, Dr. Spalding Olmsted, was rector of the Church of St. Asaph, at Bala, Pa., his ready wit made him at once the admiration and the fear of the people of the neighborhood, says the New York Tribune.
There is a fashionable golf and riding club at Bala, with grounds that adjoin those of the little church, and it happened on a certain afternoon, when Dr. Olmsted was holding a special service, that a number of golfing clubmen were caught in a drenching shower, and hurried for shelter into the church.
They entered with a great clatter of their golf sticks, and with much suppressed chuckling and hard breathing. Their noise and their gay sporting attire made a jarring note on the simplicity of the service. But Dr. Olmsted paid no heed to them till the end of his sermon. Then he said, with a smile:
"We have heard of people who make a cloak of religion. Now we know that there are others who make of religion an umbrella."
Rector's Ready Wit Rebukes Golfers Who Enter Church to Escape a Shower.
When the bishop of Colorado, Dr. Spalding Olmsted, was rector of the Church of St. Asaph, at Bala, Pa., his ready wit made him at once the admiration and the fear of the people of the neighborhood, says the New York Tribune.
There is a fashionable golf and riding club at Bala, with grounds that adjoin those of the little church, and it happened on a certain afternoon, when Dr. Olmsted was holding a special service, that a number of golfing clubmen were caught in a drenching shower, and hurried for shelter into the church.
They entered with a great clatter of their golf sticks, and with much suppressed chuckling and hard breathing. Their noise and their gay sporting attire made a jarring note on the simplicity of the service. But Dr. Olmsted paid no heed to them till the end of his sermon. Then he said, with a smile:
"We have heard of people who make a cloak of religion. Now we know that there are others who make of religion an umbrella."
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Biography
What themes does it cover?
Social Manners
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Golfers Shelter
Church Service
Witty Rebuke
Rector Humor
What entities or persons were involved?
Dr. Spalding Olmsted
Where did it happen?
Bala, Pa., Church Of St. Asaph
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Key Persons
Dr. Spalding Olmsted
Location
Bala, Pa., Church Of St. Asaph
Story Details
During a special service, golfers caught in a shower seek shelter in the church, disrupting the service with noise and attire. At the end of his sermon, Rector Dr. Olmsted wittily remarks that they make religion an umbrella.