, 1881-06-26
SACRED LEVITIES,

Clergyman: mo, my dear, it is impossi-
Bile to preach any kind Of a sermon to such
Il congregation of asses" Smart Young lady:
"Antt is that why you call them Dearly be-
loved brethren ~
A Scotch minister In Ayr prayed thus:
"Bless the Established Church. the Free
Church, and the United Presbyterian Church,
ami all the other Churches. Thon knowest
tile various nicknames by which they are
called; bless them all"
X Suntlay-scllool teacher in jamaica Plain,
tintin. new scholar in her class, questioned
linn rs to his religious knowiedgsthu DO
you know ANYTHING about Jesus? - - Yes.
have heard Of Him. DO you know whose
who Cod is? -. Still no answer At this
point his little friend said. ':IIe don't know
lnuch about those things, teacher, lie has
just come from Cape Cod"
y correspondent writing from Charlottes-
vile, Va, tn the Richmond Religious HcutM
relates that in 4 certain ecclesiastical
4'corrt' the question of dancing was dis
cusSch warmly and at length. Finally it was
proposed thar the square dance be sane
toned and the round dance be forbidden. At
arose AMI said: "Ah brethren, nightly
fear that il we authoritatiyey permit the
square dance that some people may soon
uincll off the corners and make it the round
dance lne PROPOSED compromise was NOV
carried.
an old codser from the country, who came
III tn sell SOME ginseng, eggs, and chickens,
saw Bij;lll Fields new liEltning-fods and
asked .'Nhat kind Of fonlShness was that ~
ami Wien told what it was intended Tor, said:
LIS III wonder to me that everything is
goin' wrong, when men re tTyin' ri to clrculll-
Baptist preacher. too. Why, 1.hcard yester-
day that they were no longer satisfied with
the old Bible, and had got to tinkefin' with
it, 4 tryi,1' to knock hell out Of it.' We as
Suren linn tliat the new revision was an 1r1l-
provemcnt on the present one, and that the
word hell had nnt been eliminated. lie said:
= 1t makes no matter; they hadn't 0ugliter
fool with it. Snme men think they're smarter
than the Lord, but they'll cotch it i'll tile
sweet by-ant|-Dy."
Roman Catholic. who, in her last illness,
promised the priest to leave him sum OF
money for charitable uses. When she was
dying she begged the priest to come nearer
the Leils !, and saspe CUT ta Fatnsrlse n;as,
ious to have as many witnesses as pt,sslbie to
tie expected statement II will call in the
family" and opcnins the door: he bcckoned
them all III. 1--we given yo1," repeated the
old lady. with Increasing dlt1lculty. " glyen-
you-a great deal uf trouble" THIS incident
may remind the reader of Il passage in one
Of Lord D,lingbroke's letters, in which, writ
in. tn Il friend he says: II am very sorry my
Lord Marlhorough gives you SO much trou-
bic. it is the only thing he will give you.'-
The Spectator.
CALENDAR FOR TIE WEEK.
EPISCOPAL.
June a6-Second Sunday after Trinity.
June 2!'-St. Peter.
July 1-Fust-
CATHOLIC.
June 26-Third Sunday after Pentecost: SIS. John
and Paul. Mn.
June 21-Sucrcd Heart of Jesus from June ~
June 2S-St. Ircneus, d. NJ; Vigil of S. Peter
nnd Paul.
June 19-SS. Peter and Paul. Apostles.
JUNG rhetomMcmurAtton Of st. Paul.
July 1-Octave of st. .1ohn DHptist
July 3-Visi1aton IF the Is Y. NJ; IS. Proccssus
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