"Go to church on the week-days!" exclaimed Dora; "who ever heard of such a thing?"
"I thought it was what almost every one did," replied Amy; "and I always fancied you would if you were not so far from the church."
"I cannot imagine what the good of it all is," said Dora.
"But it is ordered," replied Amy, "in the Prayer Book."
"I do not see that is any reason for it; its being ordered does not make it good."
"I once asked mamma some questions about it," said Amy, "and she told me that the Prayer Book was put together by very good men, who know a great deal better than we do what was right; and that it was composed from the prayers which were used a great, great many years before, just in the time after our Saviour died, and that they had made all the rules about the service and the Saints' days, according to the old customs; and so now, it was the law of the Church in England, and every one ought to attend to it."
"Every one does not attend to it, though," replied Dora; "at Wayland, no person ever thought of going to church except on Sundays."
"I believe," said Amy, "the Prayer Book says there ought to be service every day; and there are regular psalms and lessons marked in the calendar."
"Perhaps so; but I am sure if people were to go to church as often as you say, there would be no time for anything else."
"We generally manage to do very much the same on Wednesdays and Fridays as on other days; it is merely doing things at different hours."