Dr White acknowledges that very little attention used to be pa-id to punctuation in .the reading; lessons in- Scotch schools j and by way of illustrating the consequences, he tells, a sjory of a precentor who received the following intimation to read from his desk i ‘'A sailor going,to sea> his wife requests the prayers; of this congregation.’ The master of. song read it thus i “ A sailor going to see his wife, requests the prayers of this congregation,"
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Western Star, Issue 910, 3 January 1885, Page 1 (Supplement)
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79Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 Western Star, Issue 910, 3 January 1885, Page 1 (Supplement)
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