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She was at Sunday morning service at the Baptist Church, in a solemn row with her husband, Hugh, Uncle Whittier, Aunt Bessie.
Despite Aunt Bessie's nagging the Kennicotts rarely attended church. The doctor asserted, "Sure, religion is a fine influence -- got to have it to keep the lower classes in order -- fact, it's the only thing that appeals to a lot of those fellows and makes 'em respect the rights of property. And I guess this theology is OK; lot of wise old coots figured it all out, and they knew more about it than we do. " He believed in the Christian religion, and never thought about it, he believed in the church, and seldom went near it; he was shocked by Carol's lack of faith, and wasn't quite sure what was the nature of the faith that she lacked.