, 1875-02-07

The priest threw his breviazy at the devil BE-
cause he bad no other 'snaissal" to throw.
The young ladies' OF Iftin, O., while away the
time during church service BY occasionally touch
ing the:G tongues to hunks Of alum.
Another minister has fallen. This time IN
Philadelpbia. He trod upon banana~skiu. His
''statement" was brief, but very emphatic
.sWliat did Judas do2" asked Detroit Sun-
dny-school teacher Of her class OF boys. HE
ucked tho British, promptly replied Johnny.
A Minnesota debating society bns discussed
the question Will the coming man pray?" II
ho does, he will have an on-knaesy position in
life.
ssWill the boy who threw that pepper On the
stove please come up here and got present Of
q nico book z" said a Sunday-schooi superin-
sendent in Iowa; but the boy lever moved He
was far-seelng boy.
Sunday VISITOR What is that boy Of yours
playing at Mrs. Mullington7' The Wears wife
10, WE'LL Of course, he cant have his ball to
play with on Sunda s, SO We let him have the
sofa-cushion to kick"
A clergyman in Iowa stood in his door and
warned donation party that the first one who
entered bis gate would be q doad man. He said
it vas bad enough to tako half his pay in beans,
without having his houso destroyed.
During trial, the Judge called Witness: No
one answered, aud an elderly man arose and SOL
eunlv said, Is He is gone" - Where has he
gomez" asked the Judge, in no tender tone. II
don't know, but he ia dead" Was the guarded
answer.
4 Christian statesman Of Kentucky broke sew
eral of his boys ribs trying to get hum to go to
Sunday SCHOOL When that boy grows old
enough to appreciate tho Conflict between Sci
enco and Religion he's gong to bet all his money
on Science.
L. Natural nterpretation.- Sunday school
Teacher What do you understand by Suffer-
ing for righteousness sake'?" Boy (promptly)
- Pract1cing hymns in the morning: teacher,
and Sunday~schoot IN tho afternoon, md biblo-
class in the evenin'!'
4 story Is told Of an old gentleman who al
WAYS took notes Of his minister's sermons, and
on one occasion read them to the minister Linn
self. ''stop, stop!" said tho latter, on the O.
currence Of q certain sentence II didn't say
that" II know you didn't" was the reply, II
put that in myself to make aense."
Anecdotes of tho late Gerrit Smith are coming
to the surface. One is to the effect that when
yisitor outstayed his welcome, and had become
preteruats,:al nuisance, Ar. Smith in the morn
ing prayed for blessing to descend upon ..n our
u.s." Not being a rhinoceros, the guest TOOK
tho hint and departed.
It is said that "a church sexton In Watcrtown,
N. Y, has ofliciatcl at 4,833 funerals and cried
at every one Of them. and he has tears enough
for as many more funerals" II that man should
take sudden notion one Of these days to break
away the dam and shed ali those tears at once
it would BIO q sad thing for the people who 1--we
further down the valley,
correspondent OF the Vermon& Chronicle
tells capital story, albeit in the nature Of
rather hard nit upon recent lecture Uf Bishop
Gilbert Haven. It was Of the days When printed
long SIS, which looked so much like is as to
bother people, were in vogue, and au lliterate
preacher mado the the mlstaEe OF migraadiug
Matt 1xi s, aa ii it represented Jesus ia riding
''upon tho sou( Of an ass:" and founded upon it
q powerful argument for the divinity OF Christ,
on the ground that none but q Divine Being
could ride upon the soul Of an animal!
The BAPTIST Weekly finds room in its editorial
columns for tho following anecdote At Morn
ing service, IN church up the North River, and
Just as tho pastor rose to pronounce the beuedic-
ton, humber Of gentlemen seized the oppoE-
tuuity to hurry on their overcoats. The pastor
paused moment, and then said, *BEethrou, I
guess III put on my overcoat hereafter during
the beuedictlon, so as not to lose any time" One
of our exchanges, commenting on this npseenu-
II practice, we'll says TINT it is one OF the most
irreyerent and i1npoliter that worahlpers can n-
dulge in, aud yet is Of quite universal occur
.rence. "Men " interrupt most solemn feature
Of tbs cxerciaa iu order to save five seconds. 4
person strange to the habit would suppose the
building Was on FIRE.