, 1881-06-12
SUNDAY SALAD.

"The old version Is good enough for me-"
remarked Mrs. Brown sententi0usly. They
had been speaking Of the New Testament.
YES" replied her visitor, casting her eyes
at the we'll preserved copy ut her elbow, lit
makes just as good a table ornament"
A gentleman evidently with more money
than brains has bought !; church at Wabash,
Ind, and advertises ;as follows: II want to
hire preacher. don't care 4 darn what
denomination lie belongs to, il lie is yirtuous
and votes the Democratic ticket. NOlle need
apply unless they have the above require
nlents- will pay a liberal salary"
The first case Of IL typographical error yet
discovered i'll the Revised Nfw Testament is
ror occurs in Matthew xl,, "a: where it SAYS:
''They laughed him to corn''; bur whether
this will designate the edition Us the ''Corn
restet Jns1 I =, lHp1lat d III fI tnref q H. fes,
Vinegar Bible" etc., it is as yet impossible
to say.
When man is sure OF Heaven for himself
and thinks that he will feel Il little lonely.
like Robinson Crusoe, When he gets there, lie
will sometimes. i'll his doubttulnesS and con.
descel,sion, be heard to SHY that lit trusts"
that some onc else will 60 to 1lcaven. When
ever you hear an awfully pious l1lall say that
lie " trusts - you will go to Heaven, don't
let him have trust tor anything else.
In Il certain minister's family the conver-
sation once turned upon the character OF the
baby. Why WAS he so naughty: The brother,
who had reached the age of T. and was:
studying the steanl-englne i'll his Intervals Ut
catecllisill, gave vent to his orthodoxy Ill the
following suggestive inquiry: rapa, as We
such /: little fellow. Is there. not Il greater
pressure of sin to the square inch III the baby
than i'll any OF the rest Ut u.s."
Penn, the reyiyaist, thinks San Antonio,
Tex, tile hardest place he has struck yet.
1t il an upstream pull for him. lie said the
parture. "Wllere re you going, Major::''
ysis s 5'Es99 i'sGe" r a et so ihs sst t. Hyavs en-
I've been lons tiHe on the road Donty"u
want to go', NO, slr; II yon,ve N.Y. t neen 11;t 2
any fllrther'n Santone, | think you q better
give up the trip, pard, and stop while with
us''
Il clergyman, who was intrudcd upon by
half dozen delegates to Il convention. was
| apparently very happy to see his guests, and
III Il loud voice told the servants to hurry up
the dinner and to put on the fable the best
the house afforded. Then, after retiring to
his study. he reappearcd with pr2yer,t'oOk
and gown, and said, .clleerfnlly: "Brethren,
| make yourselves at home. | am only gong
out for Il few minutes to read prayers to-
Door fellow who is dying of malignant small
pox, and will be back shortly" When he
| returned it is needless to say that tue dele
gates had disappeared, eacll one having sud
| denly remembered al, imperative engage
ment, leaving the clergyman alone with his
mythical smallpox and his little joke.
4 certain church which claimed credit for
| considerable lber;lity took Il collection for
| the spread of the Gospel among the heathen.
| The amount WIS S50:3.35. One Of the Meln-
| church had done, and how thankful the agent
Of the foreign missionary work ought to be
| ut receiving SO substantial collection. But
! Oh investigation it proved that one beneyo-
| lett the sum OF 1926 lis the united contribl1-
| tion OF somewhat over fifty members. Some
| Of these gave nothing at all, and the most
| liberal Of them, outside Of the glycr Of $500.
gave very small amounts N0twlthstandlns IN
| this. as they were fcIow-1nembers with the
500 man, they felt that they were to Il GER
! tain extent moral stockholders with Him i'll
| his libera1ty.