Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-07-03
A BEAUTIFUL SERMON.
The Impression It Made OH Two P1ous
Society Maidens. 80:


The Impression It Made Oh Two Plous
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Scene: A Fashionable Boudoir.
Alice-O, mother, we have had such
beautiful sermon! .'s
Eva-Lovely!
Kate-Most eloquent! e.
Mother-I am the more sorry that
this swollen face has kept me away
from church. Who was the preacherp
Alicia stranger. The verger could
not tell us his name.
Eva-But a most striking looking
man.
Kate-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.
where was his text?
Alice-I-I think it was from St.
Luke.
Kate-O, Alice! How can you say SO?
Why, it was from Deuteronomy.
Alice-That I am sure it was not.
Why, he kept talking of the evan
gelist.
Mother-Perhaps, my dears. if you
told me the words I should know the
place.
Alice-I never could remember
words.
Eva-Nor I.
Kate-They don't think any thing OF
mere verbal repetition at the high
school.
Mother-But I should like to CLEAN
some information of this beautiful SER
mon. What was it about?
Alice CATER pause)-Well, mother,
it was about-it was about-religion
Mother-1 presume so; but that is
rather wide subject, and capable of
varied treatment. What particular
branch of it did he take up?
Eva-O, mother! his action was so
graceful too violent, you know,
but just sufficient to enforce attention.
Mother-And, as it was sufficient to
enforce attention, am waiting to hear
a few particulars of what he said.
Alice-There was some striking
anecdotes.
Kate-Yes; that one about the bear,
for instance. A Laplander was once
pursuing a bear -
Eva-Now, Kate! The bear was pur-
suing him.
Kate-Well, it was one way or the
other. And the Laplander had a Bible
in his breast pocket which his mother
had given him.
Eva-No; his grandmother
Alice-lt was not Laplander at all.
You are confusing it with another an
ecdote. 1t was ayoung English sailor
kate-Well, Laplander or English
sailor, 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
his grandmother had said to him
kate-Ah, yes; but, if you remem-
Der, he had first said to his grand
mother
Eva-You are quite wrong.
Kate-Do let me go on. At all events
he and his grandmother had been talk
ing together.
Alice-You forget, Kate, that the
grandmother was deaf and dumb. That
was the touching part of the story. So
she pointed to the Bible
Kate-Nonsense, Alice. am sure
the grandmOther--
Mother-I am afraid. dears, YOU
will not make much of that anecdote.
But let me know the main drift and
design of the sermon.
Eva-Mother, dear, you are a little
tiresome. You can not expect US to
repeat the sermon right off. 1t gave
us a great deal of most excellent adj
vice.
Mother-In reference to what?
Eva-O. our conduct. Inever heard
one more calculated to do good,
The illustrations were especially
clever.
Mother-As, for instance?
EVa-1t would De Impossible to do
them justice, you see, if you separate
them from the context
Mother-Well, then, we will drop
the illustrations. I shall be satisfied
with the heads of the discourse.
Alice-I don't think it had any
heads.
Kate-How can you say so? am
sure he spoke of coming to the last
head, though I forgot what it was.
Eva-We met the Tidfts coming out
OF church and they heartily agreed
with us in our admiration of the SER
mon.-Chicago Tribune.
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