, 1875-05-30
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"Lord. make US truly thsnrfnl OF what ws are
shout to 1ecalve-thesa biscuits amt hsten for a
dog to eat," is the Way b certain Monroe, Ln.
! msn aaka blessing.
Bad Axo, Mich, lately enjoyed 4 religious 70.
rival. They calculate they'y taken some Of the
Nick out Of Bad Axe, now. = .-..t,s
Samson pulled down T. houAs by huggfng =
couple Of pillars, but be knew thAt in the pillars
Wis the place TO find al the down he wanted. :.
DIVING miscr in New York said TO his weep
Ing family: my fr1eoda, what trobhlcs mo
most is that azn forced TO give back my aonl to
God.n '":
They wondered at tho short collections in a
Missouri church. and investigated to find that
one Of the collectors had tar in tho top of his
hat.
motho.'s heart naturally sweIls with prida
ut the evidence OF buddipg ambition in her boy
rs he returns from tho circue and tells bBr en-
Enthusiastically that he's changed his mind md
guesses he won't ba .a munster. But when he
comes to say his prayers that night and hesins tn
this style
:: Now lsy no down to sleep
pray to have horss to keep,
she quietly cu1is him over her knee and takea
somo Of the ambition out Of him.
The following new German student song,
after tito style Of Erasmus Echo Coiloquy, is
ono OF the straws set flying in the present
poitico-ecclesiaaticl breezs:.
scisne, ouid sit Je.nlta7 IiaI
Nonne sunt bouf reugiou7 Oil
Sonue bene decent ct dispusant7 Putantl
Nonne ve1am adem htrodncuut IN ntenas te11zs
ErrasI
Quonodo sunt oonstitut eorum prolah7 Elatt!
Qualezn hahent erea paupsrea naturam? !? Du.anl
Nome tllcs prosequuntur 2mores Orc!
Quid debeo facere dun v1deo Jesuitam gentre7 IreI
se<l qud Deus dlces, quaado reaicat Jesuita Ito!
E qaid paratun, 81 mis- tan digDts7 Ienis,
Ibi ardebunt nd stamen? Amenl
The Boston 1rape}ler tells story OF Mr. WILL
Jams, tue ancient pastor Of Dudley, Mass, who
was = practical Chrlstians Que .saltrr summer
Sunday, saya the legend, the sound OF distant
thunder heralded the approach Of shower.
Suddenly the preacher stopped, and peering from
side to side through the church windows, az IT
observing the tokens OF . change in the weather,
be quietly said: "Brethren, / observe that our
Brother Crosby Is not prepared for the rain. I
think it onr duty to help our Brother Crosby to
get in his hay hafora tho shoWar." With that he
descended from the pulpit and With several Of
his hearers, proceeded to Mr. Crosby's bayfield,,
where they worked haf IN hour, or until the hay
Was, housed. The staunch old clergyman then
returned to the church and resumed his dis
course.
In answer to soms remarks upon the Cardi-
nails equipage. the New York Tablet reproduees
well-known English anecdote: "A story is
L
ln-Eng1and, We believe it Was, some years sgo,
WHO, by the way, was said to hare been mau Of
gen.lo birth, which We cannot refrain from re-
fating for the boneft OF our Communissic con-
temporary. An anonymous co.respondentwrote
to him letter, in which be demanded ,'hou it
uaa that he was In the habit OF riding to chapel
i'll handsome carriage ard pair when hia Mas
ter rode upon iaokasa and intfmated that he
would be present on the following Sunday evea-
ing to hear the reply. At the appointed TINA
trnn f,nr -haFN
nnenciug his religious harangue, read aloud the
letter Of hia correspondent, adding, AS my
anonymous friend is. I presume, present, ac-
cordlng to his promise to listen to my ropIy,
will be here, saddled and bridled, will ride him
Thisswas tho way it happened in I town not
far from Elmira: One OF the regular at
tendants At Central Church is railroad conduc-
tor. He is regular, not 80 much from any
personal inclination for Calviuism, as from tho
fact that be has trst-rate Presbyterian wife
A few Sundays since, one OF The doacons
vas absent, and our conductor was re-
qaested to pass the plate. OF courso
he conaented. For tho first dozen PENS,
lar financial shower OF 'nickels and dimes, and
tbs 1ailroad-man watched sharp, but couldn't
SEQ that anybody got away without respond
ing. Finally he came to seat where the oc-
cnpant wR5 either buated Or dlslnclined, for he
shook bis head, but made no attempt o. his
pocket. The conductor looked at him sharply,
but no cash appeared. Then he nudged his ]
shoulder, snd softly called, Tickets, eir!'
Again the mans head eyed horizontally,
but tho stamps didn't come. Pass, then!' |
whispered tie conductor. Still no response.
Juas rs the railroad chap was about to call up
the hreman I'D brakeman TO help pitch the
impecunious wtSehiper out Of doors, the 1egu-
lar deacon caIne in md relieved his proxy. The |
conductor Says hs believes in running church |
the satne nay you uoald = railroad trnin-if |
man won't pay, or hasn't pass, let him git."