Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-11

@ which was recently related by
H4flaM Dean Stubs Of Ely, England:
- Bishop McLaren of Chicago had
for his secretary Archdeacon Rushton, an
Englishman, who had married a Canadian
The archdeacon was a Yorkshireman The
children of the union were born in Chicago.
One day the youngest boy came home from
school. His lesson ir history that day had
been about the war of Independence. He
asked his father and mother il they were
'Britishers.' They said they were. Well
replied the boy, 4 don't care. You had the
kings army and we had only a lot Of farm
ers, but we thrashed YOU"
Some years ago." said a preacher, eve
inaugurated in our Sunday school the prac-
tice Of our children quoting some Scrip
tural text as they dropped their pennies
into the contribution box. On the first
Sunday in question a little shaver walked
up and said: The Lord loveth a cheerful
giver,' and in dropped his penny. Charity
shall cover a multitude of sins and in
dropped the next. 1T is more blessed to
give than to receive quoted the third, and
SD on. Just then up walked a little fellow
with the unmistakable remnants Of
molasses candy on his chubby face, and, as
he dropped his cent, he bawled out: "A
fool and his money are soon parted"
Or. Talmage, during his visit to England
in 1879" says the London Chronicle, had
been engaged to preach in a church in one
Of The large towns of England. On arriving
at the building he found it besieged by a
throng of from II, 900 to 10000 people.
Naturally, he expected the place would be
crowded inside; instead of this he was sur
prised to find it only moderately full. Why
he demanded of the pastor, don't you let
this crowd Of people come imp oh said
he, each person inside has paid 4 shillings
to get in DR.. Talmage had intended to
preach from the text, Without money and
without price He changed his subject"
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"Baptizing days. are great events among
the negroes of the south. On one occasion
the old black preacher took two candidates,
one a middle aged, sedate, quiet man, the
other a young, excitable fellow, out in the
stream where the water was waist deep.
He put the older one down first, who came
up, folded his arms, looked d~ignihed and
pious. The younger one, after being put
under, came up greatly excited and shout
ing: GLORY! Glory! l seed de Lord! l
seed Him in de water, right down dar at
de bottom!" The older one, %patting him on
the shoulder, said: Hush, honey, hush; dat
warn't de Lord. l seed it. 1t was nothin'
but a terrapin."
A story is told of a negro evangelical
minister who held night services in a chapel
formerly used by the Anglican church, In
a hymnal which had been left he found
an old familiar hymn suitable for his SER
mon, but the Roman number CXIX some
what confused him, and he was embar-
raised as to how to announce the hymn.
As was the custom he read the stanzas
through, seeming still confused. He then
reread the first stanza, which did not seem
to aid him in helping the congregation, now
very much bewildered. Proving redoubt-
able, he Strengthened himself up and seemed
to grasp the situation at a glance and in a
stentorian voice exclaimed, Brethren, let
us sing the Skee-six hymn"
When Archbishop Patrick j. Ryan OF
Philadelphia was a very young priest he
stationed in St. Louis, where Arch
bishop Kenrick presided over the diocese.
The latter lived in a very small, unpre-
.entious house, scarcely in keeping with his ,
position in the church. 8
one day when Father Ryan was passing
ne house OF the archbishop accompanied by I
a Nhlcago priest who was visiting the |
Mound City, ne pointed cut the house as Z
me residence Of the head OF the local I
lhurch. The Chicago priest said, with sur S
prise: !
why, you should see the splendid resi- 7
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yes responded Father Ryan, but you