, 1877-09-02
PIOUS SMILES.

4 clergyman of ordinary abilities asked for
license to prcach. II grant you permission, y
said his Bishop, *sbut nature refuses It,"
"By proxy pray and by proxy VOTE"
4 g1aceless peer said to u chnrchman OF note.
Who answered, *siy lord then I venture to say,
Yoa to heaven ascend in similar way"
"You can judge OF Christian, says the
Rev. Mrs. Hanalord, "by the shape OF his
head'' To be sure. The Christian neTcr at
tends Democratic caucuses and gets his hcat
buugel up.-Rochester Democrat.
In some strictly religious communities croqnet
is regarded as an ingenious device OF the c71l
one. There is, perhaps, nothing that Will make
young lady go back Oh tne teaGmnss @ o. P.ous 1
parents so quick as to gather all licr soul anu
energy for u magnificent cross-tleld SHOT anu
then finch
The good man rcclincth at his case; he cover
eth hs head with 4 paper; nc taketn ms rest,
and his snores arc heard in the land Inc house
tiy is not so, for his heart deVlscth eslt con
tfnualiy, and when he haiti crept under the
paper he will tickle the good mans nose
Verify. ull that Is vanity and Tezaton OF spirit
L Trencbman has discovered why Eve ate the
apple in Eden. The gentiemanly deSii present.
ing it to ler, rcmarking that - II H. Adam eat
| ze appel he will become like our Dieu; but You,
than YOU are now'' This ,cotApliment settled
the question, and she ate andlett legacy to
! her descendants for all time. MN.
Can truly moral journal adntt circus ad-
| vertisemcnt into its colNmnE4SWas question
| which Denver editor sdlemnfY:asked himself.
| The tl,anager sent frce't the editors
| Office and after witnessing the first exhibition
| be wrote that ''for children paving half-ps1co
| a sight of them trick mules was better than
being brought up in sunday-scnool library"
The old Scottish hearers were very particular
on the subject OF their ministers preaching oia
sermons. a group Of pari5hioners were oo-
served to be somewhat merry on their way
! home. The minister asked the cause Of this.
Indeed, sir" replied the beaalc, they were
saving We had preached all au!d sermon To-Day,
but tackled them, for tonid them It vas not
an aulj sermon, for the minister had pteachea
it not six months sync."
4 juvenile test OF prayer: Not long ago two
little girls in tho West flied their shoes at n'gns
| with coru- and then prayed that God #oulo
| turn their corn into money. The next morning,
when they looked into the matter. tneiE shots
| were shoes and their corn Was corn. AT tnss
| Of them expressed their feelings, " we were
| rather spunky When We found the corn Just u
we left it, and no money"
During the long French war two old laales
| in Stanraer we're going to the kirk Inc ona
said to the other, '1s 1t not q wonderiCt
that The Beetlsh are sye or 1e ken
they aye say their prayers afore the fechtin' tt-
gins'' The other replied: - But tne ,si' r.snen =
say their prayers as weep5 the D,seo.1 sas;ce
.'Hoot!" said the other. - 1Jab6erln' noaaes'
wha could understand uensP'
I It was IN a Baptist church at sprinshesia',, sA',
Mass, the other evening" that those w,o 1sa 1e1.
they had special cause ior thanfula@sss @ .TeE wcEe
asked to testify, and genuine son g. ton ,a asp9
don't know as I'm Christian, meooe tm ~ H.. :.
. but the Riycrent Hinry Ward Beecher sala ALL :
fortnight ago as how the workngnann 70. epu.I orti
i've on bread aud watheE, and I thank sae a 1''A
the newspapers is giving him h-l for IT,.
Archie Campbell, the head OF the oa z.,aort. aogn
euaru o. e. n4,a ~. rar His old mother died. and
I Archie, being well to do in money matters, t;ss n
solved to take her back to her natlse paee eat IT
tbe | Highlands aud did So Thinfa9S FS Fuiabuss
PITY To- Pe be saoae6s tes u the plan q sending is~