The sun., 1910-02-20
HUMORS or CLERTu4E=E5seEs
Odd Interpretation OF Preaeher's ne
marks and Church Scryicea

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| marks and Church services.
The compliments that one meeta with
are sometimes as strangely, phrassd ~
they are generally little deserved. On
my leaving curacy an old friend OF amine
said; We'll. be sorry you're going. for I
did 'ope you would ave died 'ere"-whieil
was certainly more than did. writes tho
Rev. Stewart #. l.. Bernays in the CorMhin
Magazine. But in the way OF testimonlaIs
the one which i prize the most was rs.
ceived from a certain Bishop. He waT,
famous for the infelicitous way he had az
putting things. wrote to tell him I waa'
leaving the diocese and to thank him Toe
his kindness to me. His reply was abort
and. l trust, not to the point: Dear sir:,
l am sorry you are leaving my. diocese, I.
Tor have never heard anything agairst
you. Yours faithfully. -. This at lesss .
was negative kind of testimonial which
might be useful to some of US. =. : T-s.,.. =.
. My vicar was leaving at the same time. /,
and was accompanying him to his ne,F ssi' Y
parish. He Jared little better at hls '
Bishops hands. well. -. you hnsldf
have not always seen eye to eye. .histyl 4
might well get worse man" SO. Min
this episcopal blessing. we migrated "a,
another diocese. go s' 81
A friend OF mine came to preach for. e NJ, !.
at the harvest festival. The. ause az 'hj5'
church was for the preacher TO carry hj4 +
stole. putting it on in the pulpit and asziiy. \
removing it at the end of the 'seruions (
This little piece Of ritual he duly perfofInsd- 2
but its meaning was wholly lost on -fny [.
A servant being asked -on., !,
her return why the service had Ibeeh a :.
short said that the preacher was 10 "a \,
hurry to catch his train. as he had begslli v v
before he left the pulpit : 4 =
woman in a parish where I lived tisNd \
each day TO prepare herself FOR theswoFtl.>
was compllmenting her one day osl fl1H<
extreme tidiness Of the house even IN 4h&t'
early morning. YES" she said, Il aluavfS VI
likes to ave my bedrooms done hearj
for. as l allus sez. you never knows wkl1
may appen; 'ow soon one OF the csiidrss3N
may be brought 'ome in flt or Win ii
broken leg. and. as l allus seq. 1t def<f
matter what 'appens, so long as you Ne
got a bedroom to put 'em into Wbethfe{
she would have taken quite" so ci!sff y ~.
actual arrival OF a child in a fit4 oafnok4f
say. for her rule OF life was newer isut Asax
the test. n ~. = K
L once attended a nlayoral hanqueE sia
4 provincial town at which the vicar. ,slio
had newly arrived. was present 2 4 Al
alderman was put up to propose his heaill,
y
served compliment to the new, vieax,s
popularity and this was his Inannarr az &
long II: Mr.. Mayor. our new vicar hA4-N
not been long In making himself liked 81
I'll OF US. As | was rernarking the ether \
lay TO some friends, it's IA good thing nt1ts.
'icar has not got the face of an Adon,s.
'r We should have to look out for f,tJf
wives and daughters IL was wklf q
meant, but one felt OF course that tht
IMPRESSION OF the sentiment could haybl
AQan lnnFOVOn I.
writing OF humor reminds ma or fsihe a
ack of it-an unhappy conditfa6 Eif N
Vnich one meets occasionally. - Fk.sss. ~
Eeie some dear old ladies' who lived MI
arge house in a certain parish y. Ther
'ere very much opposed to anythi1&-
'hich TO their mind savored OF the WORLD
he thought even OF patience" filled them 4
18th horror, They had. however. hexr]t
hat the curate, to whom they werf a
luch attached was a good coni1rors.
n one occasion when he was hinohine.
ith them they asked him To show fheriT
)me OF his tricks, He readily Consented ~
nd in the extreme innocence OF hfb l6&fEE
sked for pack Of cards. We have raHall y
ad pack Of cards in the no use for twenfG
ears!" his hostess exclaimed. and fhe1.
'eling she owed her guest sdf1e rsn1rII =
on, asked him whether visiting ca7fF
ould do as wellt ..i'-ai 9s3Ss iEakA a
! am sure that a speak whethsrhn i6
or making a a-politlaak rsDeeuRt,
,ver realizes how little his long word 3
rounded phrases are really understoD1 N Y
some in his audience. caerEyfI1ar NJ
the close OF some eonfFTuaeidn RllHnqnE
hich he had been giving in Village of
le OF our northern towns, ,prooeafied "a
* his candidates a few uilesfioiid ciilt 3 &, II
der to find out how fer he had rnksi4
mself clear. The answer 10 his 57t.}jBl N
lestion rather astonished hifn.4--Xh4f{ .
grace?" Promptly the reply I, oaxna 4 81
III manner OF fat" The answercr kad
ID plenty of experience OF it an kitchnn ~ *1
aid. and perhaps grace" IL not aI)4<at
ther unlike in sound TO grease -zntT33 "a
That reminds me OF the story Of an - M
,man who on being asked why-she hn3 VI N \
ch rooted objection to the new recf}T <
Piled: "Ow could l 'elp it, when se t,eJ>.<' a
ch bad words in the pulpitq7 Y %l{&fir
lat bad wordsf" she was askedstk & ,IYsxk. IN
ink. was her reply. low often iesTa W. 81
you knows what David Z N
~ about such like-'if shall say Dst 4 ;,
venture. the darkness shall cover me- -
The names proposed by parents Tor t,sh1t
happy children are sometimes parfinA
Irly weird. i was called TO privntalv.
ptize a child the day after peace Wsla
clared at the close of the Boer war. NV
luest Name this child" produced ~
g speech from the mother: I'VE waftI Il
commemorate the war and tho psaoe.
we want to call him Roberts Pax.
g unfortunate child. whose surnameUaa
nth. did not long survive such q nat,lb.
one, occasion a man gave his fanghtsfN
ne as Venus. Rightly OF wFongky. Thu
rgyman vigorously protested against +.
name as that OF a heathen goddesf
which the father pertinentY replied