Miss Rainly was also a cultured singer, with a sweet toned soprano voice.

During her time as organist she taught several young ladies music and one little girl which was a

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friend and play-mate of mine, also of the same name (Elizabeth). This little girl would take her music twice a week - and would also give me the same lessons twice a week on the days following her music day. She was eleven years old and I was ten. We played friendly together, and would practice on the little four-octave standard organ at the Rock of Ages Church, twice a week. After we had learned sufficiently to play in public, we would sometimes play and sing duets together in Sunday School. She lead in a sweet little soprano voice, and I assisted her in alto.

She gave me three months lessons which I put to fairly good use by constant practice and the memory of her instructions, most people were surprised, at the brief line of musical hints by we two little girls of ten and eleven, certainly it was known that my little friend Elizabeth was being taught by a professional teacher but few knew of she giving me the same instructions, until we appeared in Sunday School with our little duet. And it was a new selection from the S.S. quarterly, which had never been introduced to our Sunday School. Our Supt. Mr. A. W. Gordon was a faithful member of Trinity C.M.E.

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Church, a Christian working and deeply interested in S.S. affairs. He died many years ago - Now here again thro my Childhood Days.

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