, 1881-10-16
I PRAYER at the uayerhill Fair Sought to place
| himself on terms OF recognized and conf
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prayer at the Hayerhill Fair Sought to place
himself OH terms OF recognized and conf
DENTAL intimacy with Heaven.
A Scotch Clergyman WHO was performing
/ the funeral service over the remains Of Z
| 1teiei,bor;1,g pastor said of the dead nan
t ale was Il good man, but he was not per
| fcct.'' tit said this with ali air Of sadness,
as if the poor man ought + to haye been per:
feet, and WAS greatly TO Olaule Tor being any
| thing short Of perfection.
The Rev. Arthur Hall, all English clergy
| man, being annoyed by snoring during Ills
| preaching. the other day, stopped i'll his ser
| mon and said: IL do not object to Il quiet
nap on Il hot day, and ain ftattcrcd at beng
able to contribute to aiybody's repose. But.
| wi1ilcproud 1T being able to give the beloved
sleep, wish it to he distinctly understood
that draw the line 1T SHORES. There is some
body snoring i'll the CONGREGATION, and shall
be obliged If somebody wifi waken him. =.
The Rev. William Arthur, father of the
President, was rcilarkabcsfor Ills readiness
tie e3't I'D iuis% a Ser @ Bpist I t ASso:tio ssS 9t
the rev. Mr. Walden. who: had been scttleu
III the West, but had recently taken II church
ut Troy, said: II can tell the brethren that
II they think any sort of ministers will do
for the West they are mistaken. 1t won't do
to stn.l second Or thru rate men tlleren Mr.
Arthur was on his feet III alnoment. exclai,n-
ing, '' Mr. Moderator, | never knew before
why Brother Walden came back.''
y story is told in Michigan about one of
the members Of the Detroit Conference
which Is too soot! to ' keep: iie was spending
They hA4l chicken for dinner, Of course
much to tlle grief of 4 little boy in the house
Eold, who had lost his favoritlte to provide
the feast. After dinner prayer was proposed,
and while the preacher WAS prayin. Il poor
little lonesome chicken came running under
the house crying for its absent mother. The
little boy could restrain himself Ito longer.
lie put his mouth down TO Il hole IN the Iloor
and shouted: ~, ,,reepy,,, peepy, tliln't ki'l
preachers etinucr.'' The Amen" was said
very suddenly.
Every year at Christmas the San Antonion
Mcxicans celebrate Il kind Of imitation uf the
Passion Play" called pastors. Tie Vir-
gin Mary. the Apostles, including Judas
1scariot, :]ll appear a1lu act tlelr parts. On
the last occasion OF this play Judas was miss
"What has become Of Judas ?'' asked one
Of the spectators of st. Peter, with whom hc
was we'll acquainted.
VIC had to cl1oke' him to make lin give back
the thirty pieces Df silver that We gave him
in the play; ST, this year We Apostles WON'T
let him stick his nose inside OF tile circus
tent.''
CALENDAR FOR. THE WEEK.
EPISCOPAL. .
Oct 1t}-Etghtcenth Sunday utter Trinity.
Oct 1S-St. Luke the Evangelist
Oct ai-Fust-
CATHOLIC. |
Oct 1e-Ninctceuth sunday after pcntecost;
Feast Of the Nativity Of the u. Y. II.
Oct. list. Hctlwig. ". /
Oct. list. Luke. Eyang.
Oct. list. Peter OF Alcantara, C.. |
Oct. 2U-St. John Cnr,.tius. C.
Oct, 2l-St. IIiiarlou. Abb; SIS. Ursula aud |
Comp. NM.
Oct 2i-Onice OF the immaculate Conception.