Copy 1, Volume 2

The doctor &c / [Robert Southey].

  • Robert Southey
Date:
1834-1847
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The doctor &c / [Robert Southey]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and what portions of it; and considering him¬ self as a much more important person in this de¬ partment of his office than the organist, the only communication upon the subject which he held with Dr. Miller, was to let him know what tune he must play, and how often he was to repeat it. 46 Strange absurdity !” says Miller. “ How could the organist placed in this degrading situation, properly perform his part of the church service P Not knowing the words, it was impossible for him to accommodate his music to the various senti¬ ments contained in different stanzas; consequently his must be a mere random performance, and frequently producing improper effects.” This however is what only a musician would feel; but it happened one Sunday that the clerk gave out some verses which were either ridiculously inap¬ plicable to the day, or bore some accidental and ludicrous application, so that many of the congre¬ gation did not refrain from laughter. Mr. Drum¬ mond upon this, for he was zealously attentive to all the duties of his calling, said to Miller, “ that in order to prevent any such occurrence in future he would make a selection of the best verses in