ButwhilethesegreatservicesatSt。Peter’sinthosehalcyondayswereperfectintheirkind，thesamecouldnotbesaidofmanyothers。TheworstthatIeversaw——onewhichespeciallydwellsinmymemory——wasatPisa。Ihadpreviouslyvisitedtheplaceandknewitwell，sothatwhen，oneSundaymorning，aCanadianclergymanatthehotelwishedtogotothecathedral，I
offeredtoguidehim。Hewasevidentlyamanofdeepsincerity，and，aswassoonrevealedbyhisconversation，ofhigh—churchandevenritualistictendencies;but，tomygreatsurprise，heremarkedthathehadneverattendedserviceinaRomanCatholicchurch。Arrivingatthecathedraltoolateforthehighcelebration，wewalkeddownthenaveuntilwecametoasidealtarwhereapriestwasgoingthroughalowmass，withasmallcongregationofdelayedworshipers，andwetookourplacebackofthese。Thepriestracedthroughtheserviceatthehighestpossiblespeed。Hismotionswerelikethoseofanautomaton:hekeptturningquicklytoandfroasifonapivot;claspinghishandsbeforehisbreastasifbymachinery;bowinghisheadasifitmovedbyaspringinhisneck;mumblingandrattlinglikewindinachimney;thechoir—boywhoservedthemasswithhimjinglinghisbellasirreverentlyasifhewereconductingagreen—grocer’scart。MyAnglicancompanionimmediatelybegantobeunhappy，andwassoondeeplydistressed。Hegroanedagainandagain。Hewhispered，\"Goodheavens，isitlikethis？Isthisthewaytheydoit？Thisisfearful！\"Aswecamefromthechurchhewasverysorrowful，andIadministeredtohimsuchcomfortasI
could，butnothingcouldremedythismostpainfuldisenchantment。
AndhereImaysaythatIhaveneverbeenabletounderstandhowanyAnglicanchurchmancanfeelanyinsufficiencyintheLord’sSupperasadministeredinhisownbranchofthechurch。Ihavenevertakenpartinit，butmorethanonceIhavelingeredtoseeit，andeveninitssimplestformithasalwaysgreatlyimpressedme。Itisaservicewhichallcanunderstand;itswordshavecomedownthroughtheages;itsceremonialiscalm，comprehensible，touching;andthewholeideaofcommunioninmemoryofthelastsceneintheSaviour’slife，whichbringstheworshiperintolovingrelationnotonlywithhim，butwithallthechurch，militantandtriumphant，is，tomymind，infinitelynoblerandmorereligiousthanallparaphernalia，genuflexions，andman—millinery。HowanyProtestant，however\"high\"inhistendencies，canfeelotherwiseisincomprehensibletome。
AtthatfirstofmymanyvisitstoRome，therehadcomeoneexperiencewhichhadgreatlysoftenedanyofmyinheritedProtestantprejudices。OurpartyhadbeenlumberingalongalldayontheroadfromCivitaVecchia，whensuddenlytheredashedbyusafinetraveling—coachdrawnbyfourhorsesriddenbypostilions。