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THE DENBIGH CHrRCH OROIR DISPUTE…

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THE DENBIGH CHrRCH OROIR DISPUTE SETTLED. THE RESIGNATION OF THE ORGANIST. On Saturday afternoon last th? TBishoP of St Asaph had an interview with the members of the Church choir at the Church House, and with them felly dis- cussed the subject. Prior to this- the resignation of Mr Allen as choir master and organist had been sent into the Hector and the cause of grievance to the choir therefore removed. After the Bishop and the Choirmen had discussed the subject and arrived at a decision, they were joined by the Rector, and the result was that there was to be no apology from the men for the course they adopted that thero was to be no question of dealing with the men separately, but that the choirmen were to go back to the choir in a body," just as they had originally intended to do alter making their protest. Thus the dispute closed, and on Sunday ( tke vhole of the men (with the exception' of one member, who was unavoidably pre- sent from home on Sunday, but who had been at the meeting, and was in accord with his colleagues as to the decision arrived at) were present at both services, to the great satisfaction of the members of congregation, and, or course, to the great improvement of the services. We have received from Mr Allen the following as to HIS RESIGNATION. Denbigh, 10th March, 1897. Sir,—I shall feel obliged if you would kindly endeavour to find space for the enclosed in your next.—I remain, sir, faithfully yours, ALFRED H. AJ.LEX. Denbigh, 5th March, 1897. Dear Mr. Morgan,—I have carefully considered my position, and I feel that in the interests of the parish, the only course open to me is to send you my resignation. I very much regret having to do so. Our relations have been most cordial, and we have never had the least misunderstanding. I feel sure that you will quite understand why I have taken this step, and believe that I am sincerely grateful to you for all your kindness. Our engagement will, therefore, come to an end three months from to-day.—I remain, very faithfully; YOURS, AXFKED H. ALLEX, To the Rev J Morgan. TVe have also received the following letter from Mr Alien in reference to HIS OPINION OF THE* CHOIR. To the Editor of the-Free Press. Sir.—Will you kindly allow me to point out the fact that I said nothing about the quality" of the men's voices in my letter of last week. My remark about the style of s:n>;ir.g which I found when I came here hal reference, of course, to the way in which the voices were used. It took some time to get the delightful light and jihade which we now enjoy. I have alwajS admired the men's voices and have always spokea highly of them. There are certaiiily very few towns in England of the sain? size as Denbigh which can boast of sach male in its Church choir. I trust; thnt I have made !"y meaning quite I clear. My letter of last week contained nothing but the simple truth.—I remain, sir, faithfully yours, ALFBED H ALLEN. 9th March, 1897. We feel sure that our readers will agree with u" that this letter is of a very different character indeed to that which Mr Allen wrote last week respecting the choir and is tantamount to a withdrawal of the state- ments he then made. We have received four letters on this dispute (with one exception, in defence of the choir, and it is right to add, none of them from choirmen), but as the position of affairs is very different from what it W3 a week ago the organist having now resigned, and the dispute settled, w< con- sider it best in the interest of all parties to exclude the letters, and let the unpleasant subject drop. Our correspondents will, we hope, coincide with thia view.—EDITOR. i

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