him a thurible made out of rabbit wire and a cleaned out soup tin with holes punched in it to facilitate the circulation of air. It contained small bits of carbon that the visitor set alight shortly before the commencement of the service. At the Consecration and Elevation of the Elements the visitor stepped out of his pew, sprinkling some incense on the burning carbon as he did so. Before long the perfumed smoke filled the air in the small St . Paul's Church. There was a stirring among the parishioners. Some thought a fire had started in the basement. Father Tanton, with his usual coolness, and without serious interruption of the service, said to the visitor, "Now I know what you're up to! Please take that incense outside and shake it at the sea-gulls!" Presently the service concluded, and in the discussion that followed the people in the pews were assured that while the use of the incense might be acceptable to God , it was not an essential element in the worship of the parish. (Contributed by Jim Humphries ) 9. "Big Boom" is told off. When I was accepted by the Bishop of Nova Scotia in 1959 to study theology at King's College in Halifax he told me that I would be under the direction of the Rector of St . Mark's Church in Halifax, Father George Stavert Tanton. When I was speaking with Bishop Ernest Reed (the Bishop of Ottawa) a few days before departing for "Bluenose Country" I told him I was to be under the direction of a Father Tanton. Bishop Reed's reply is just as clear in my mind today as it was then. "One thing you can be certain of, Dick , is that Staff Tanton will either make you or break you." I hope and pray that he made me! One Sunday our beloved Father, who was lovingly referred to by the members of the Servers' Guild as "Big Boom" (you had to know Staff to understand that one), was in a very sour mood. The Bishop had called the night before to say he was going to visit St . Mark's for Confirmation on Palm Sunday. Palm Sunday was always a big day at St . Mark's, and our dear Father said, "The Bishop has no right coming to my Church on Palm Sunday!" At that point "big mouth" (guess who?) said something like, "It's his Church, isn't it? You know - 'accept this charge which is mine and thine'!" Later, when I went over to the Rectory for breakfast Mrs. Tanton asked me what had gone on in the Church. Apparently Father Staff had stormed into the Rectory a few minutes earlier muttering something like, "I have been told off and there is nothing I can do about it, because he is right!" (Contributed by the Reverend Richard Mowry .)