The old men who used to execute the psalmody, with the clerk at their head, had been superseded.

A teacher of singing had been engaged, and a choir, consisting of maidens, boys and men, executed various sacred pieces with the assistance of a bassoon and violin.

I recollect in the church a practice which would have shocked the strict rubricians of the present day.

Whenever banns of marriage were proclaimed, immediately after the words 'This is the first, second, or third time of asking,' the old clerk shouted out, 'God speed them weel.' In nothing was the primitive and simple character of the people more remarkable than in the social position of the clergy amongst them.

The livings were all small, so that there was no temptation for ecclesiastics of birth and high position in society to come there.