The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-27
/ SERMON.
- Impression 1t Made ON Two P,ou,
Society Maidens.

Society Maidens.
Scene: A Fashionable Boudoir.
Aice-O, mother, we have had such
beautiful sermon!
Eya-Lovely!
Kate-Most eloquent!
Nother-I am the more sorry tina,
.Als swollen face has kept me awav
s.om church. Who was the preachers
Alicia stranger. The verger could
ut tell us his name.
Eya-But a most striking looking
nan.
gate-And his voice was heavenly.
Alice-And we shall never forget
what he said.
Mother-What was his textp
Eva-His text! Let me see. Alice,
vbsre was his text?
Alice-I-I think it was from st.
Luke.
Kate-O, Alice! How a you say so?
Why. it was from Deuteronomy.
Nice-That l am ure it was not.
Why, he kept talking of the evan
gslist.
Mother-Perhaps, my dears. if you
4old me the words / should know the
place.
Nice-I never could remember
words.
Eya-Nor /.
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Kate-They don't think any thing of
mare verbal repetition at the high
school
Mother-But / should like to CLEAN
anne Information of this beautiful SER.
man. What was it about?
Alice latter a pause)-Well, mother.
twas about-it was about-religion.
Mother-I presume So; but that is
rssher a wide subject. and capable of
varied treatment. What particular
branch of it did he take upP
Eya-0, mother! his action was SO
graeeful-not too violent, you know,
lit lust sufficient to enforce attention.
Mother-And, as it was sufficient to
snierce attention, am waiting to hear
atew particulars of what he said.
Alice-There was some striking
anecdotes.
Kate-Yes; that n about the bear,
Tor Instance. A Laplander was once
pursuing a bear -
Ega-Now, Kate. The bear was pur-
sing him.
Kate-Well, it was n way or the
other. And the Laplander had a Bible
ii his breast pocket which his mother.
had given him.
Eva-No; his grandmother.
Alice-A Ia not a Laplander at all.
You are confusing it with another an
ecdote. It vas ayoung English sailor.
Kate-Weil, Laplander or English
silor, or whatever he was, he was
Just close to the bear when
Eva--You are leaving out the best
part of the story. Before he started
bis grandmother had said to him
Kate-Ah, yes; but, If you remem-
ber, he had first said to his grand
mother-
EVa-You are quite wrong.
Kate-Do let me go on. At all events
be and his grandmother had been talk
ing together.
Aice-You forget, Kate, that the
grandmother wasdeaf and dumb. That
Ea the touching part of the story. So
se pointed to the Bible
kate-Nonsense, Alice. I am sure
la grandmother--
Aother-I am afraid. dears. you
VII not make much of that anecdote.
bus tot me know the main drift and
aigR of the sermon.
ks--Mother, dear, you are a little
aresoEne. You can not expect as to
repeat the sermon right off. 1t gave
as = great deal of most excellent adj
Eica
hOthsr-In reference to what?
EFa-0. our conduct. Inever heard
1He more calculated to do good.
IL Illustrations were especially
aeger.
Mother-As. for instance?
Ava-lt would be impossible to do
asaa justice, you see, if you separate
mem from the context.
Aother-Well, then, we will drop
W illustrations. I shall be satisfied
slh the heads Of the discourse. !
Aaee- don't think it had any
beads.
aase-How a you say so? / am
sess ~ spoke Of coming to the last
lsaa, though forgot what it was.
aEa-We met the Tidfts coming out
saslFeh and they heartily agreed
1ass as n our admiration of the SER
aaa~hieago Tribune. /,
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