"Stuyvesant Gunning! Stand up!" And the president of the Fidelity
National obeyed. Apparently Carpenter proposed to call the whole
roll of financial directors; but the procedure was halted suddenly,
as a tall, white-robed figure strode from its seat near the choir.
Young Sidney Simpkinson, assistant to the rector, went up to
Carpenter and took him by the arm.
"Leave this house of God," he commanded.
The other faced him. "It is written, Thou shalt not take the name of
the Lord thy God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless
that taketh His name in vain."
Young Simpkinson wasted no further words in parley. He was an
advocate of what is known as "muscular Christianity," and kept
himself in trim playing on the parish basket-ball team. He flung his
strong arms about Carpenter, and half carrying him, half walking
him, took him down the steps and down the aisle. As he went,
Carpenter was proclaiming: "It is written, My house shall be called
a house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
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