We act as though the church were a rail-car, into which we go when the time for starting arrives, and we get out again as soon as the depot of the doxology is reached.
"Around The Tea-Table"
T. De Witt Talmage
"Tha' might sing th' doxology," he suggested in his dryest grunt.
"The Secret Garden"
Frances Hodgson Burnett
He had no opinion of the doxology and he did not make the suggestion with any particular reverence.
"The Secret Garden"
Frances Hodgson Burnett