In a message dated 02/01/97  07:51:24, Charlie Lester wrote:
 
<< so we lit two candles, paid the demanded-for three-dollar ransom fee
 ("please deposit three dollars BEFORE lighting a candle," the bullyish
 sign admonished) and we left.
 
 my friend : feeling better having satisfied his religious duty as a good
 Catholic.
 
 me : feeling not so much better as a little angry, and bewildered, at
 the list-price placed on prayer --- along with, of course, consternation
 regarding the counterfeited organ.
  >>
 
Yes.
 
And without getting too much off topic, one observation of the whole story is
that I am sure that Martin Luther would have something to say about the three
dollar price tag!
 
Perhaps a modern day "95 Thesis" would include comments concerning the cost
of candles and the use of a Casio in divine Worship (tho' sometimes I wonder
whether the word should be WARSHIP!)
 
'is 'oliness . . . .