Arizona silver belt., 1880-03-13
AFrsaeher's Trlek.

rural church in Northern Peansyl-
 vaRia, where the members. although
 only on a par with most distant
 country churches, liked to aatser
 themselves that they were preEty
 well posted" ;" Before starting for
 the place, tke minister met an old
 clerical friend, who had had some experience in the same neighborhood
 and who advsed hlm to 6iye thesa
 some Latin and Greek it viii tickle
 their vanity. and they'll set yoa down
 For very smart man 2
 There was little difficulty in tae
 say of the minister's glvlng his
 hearers a dose of Latla and Greek. for
 be knew DO more of either language
 than the people be was to preach
 to. But he was equal to the eiaer-
 gency. He Wss native of Wales,
 and spoke Welsh as well as lie did
 English, though these rwo were the only languages he knew anything about. When he had gotten nicely iB- 70 the sermon. he introduced littlc passage Of Scripture, and said "Ihis passage, brethren, has been sllghsly altered ID the translation. lt IS only ID the original Hebrew tbat yOa can grasp iEs full meaning. ] will read t 10 you in Hebrew, so that you may comprehend 1t more exactly; and he gave them the pas sage in very good Welsh. The old deacons looked at each other, and nodded approval, as though they would say .That's the ssuF that's the kind of shirg we want"
 Presently the minister, who saw by che faces of hls hearers that he bad made hit, came upon another Scripture passage that could not be correctly rendered in English. Fms passage, " said he, has to be read in the original to be appreciated 1n all the languages there IS none l know ln which ths meaniag can be 80 well expressed as in Greek. ] Fill rsad you the verse in Greek e and again hs gave them long Vi sentence. Again the deacons ded approvingly, and before the minister found 1t necessary read 8 verse in Latin, sso hIs hear CTS nlght understand t thoroughly, and gave them a liEsle mora Welsh.
 Everything was going along smoothly, and the minister, aS he ap- pr0sched lhe end of his sermon. thoaght be would give them just one more taste of the dead languages. '' am about so read you, said te,
 another possags on thls subject. But t is another of those passages that have been altered in tbe ua1sls- non, and ! Fiii read 1t to you ia the .haldaic, in which it was written I1e vas just about to give then ittle more Welsh when. casting his sye oyer the congregation, he saw Ieated near che door a jolly laok.ng nan, who was holding his s:des sht Q keep from bursting with laughter. Fhe minister took ii. the situarion in ls Instant Here was 8 man in the 'hurch Hho underslood Welsh, ael gho Was laughing d the n:ek that lad been Plsyel upon the eo0grega- l0n Buf n0s a feature in Ehe min- sters flscc changed Fixing his yes s.raighi upon the laaghiag mau. ast as the congregation thought he Ias aoons % give them the Caaldaie erslon. be sal again in Welsh
 /" For Gods sake. my fr.ead oA'g say word about this l1I aye chance Q talk Esh y4u
 The congregation vent aome. sat- hed that they aad listened 50 one Of le most learned of sermons the .aghlng man never told the story nd the minister wss soon setlel yer the church, tbe people believing Iat 3 clergyman who could read the n Eve languages was just Ie man tor then.-N ' Tunes.