Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-07-04
rmn vrraAun DEACON.



am pretty easy. but am i'm
proving. The man who slips up and
calls me brother" no longer gets
any more consideration that the other
fellow.
am go old fashioned that ! can't
get the idea out OF my head that
there is no music to anything unless
II has tune to 1t.
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"Philander." said to one Of our
deacons the other hot Sunday even
ing, II notice our offerings are get
ting smaller. What shall we DOR
Go down and have the editor put q
notice in his paper about the young
ladies' choir being doubled and that
the minister will preach but fifteen
minutes hereafter" he replied. Phil
ander is considered the best politician
in our church.
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Ny friend, you worry too much
about the black sheep in the flock.
You fail to notice the great number
OF nice white fieeces on the hillside
because you don't take your eyes off
the black spot in the flock. l have
belonged to the best OF clubs and we
had black sheep among our numbers
there. belong to the oldest and
greatest lodge on earth and we have
the black ones with US there. We have
them in our church, our society, our
public offices and everywhere else.
There is no place on earth the black
sheep do not browse and have just
about come to the conclusiOn that
when we cross the river and begin to
explore the golden streets and admire
the jasper walls, the guide will say
to us, There Is Brother So-and-So.
He doesn't stand very we'll here. Don't
believe anything he says" l expect
over there to find fellows who can't
take their harp out of an evening
without putting up the price Of the
instrument as security. Why worry
about the black sheep? He doesn't
control the world. He doesn't even
rule things in your little community.
He won't cut any ice over yonder.
The black sheep we are bound to have
with us. just the same as the cramp,
collie and the measles. All you have
to do is to keep your own fleece nice
and white and the black sheep will
not bother you.
know a man who had fight with
his wife because she didn't make her
own shirt waists, and then had an
other one with her when she made
him a shirt and insisted that he wear
it ON Sunday.
- s. u W.
Deacon" said chump to me the
other day, +tYhy don't you follow
more OF yourSown advice?" 'My dear
brother" replied / as softly as pos
sible, IT am fixing up this medicine
for your ailments, not for mine"
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never have any trouble controll-
ing my temper when talking to feE
low who is bigger than am and who
has a reputation for knocking the
block off of those who cali him
liar. Do you?
You can't gauge mans reliability
by, his political opinions, any more
than you can estimate his credit
marks on st. Peters ledger by the
number of times he has gone to
church.
When / was boy going to school
there was kid in my class we all
called pretty smooth. He never stud
led much, but he always managed
to copy enough from the studious girl
who sat in front of him to pass his
examinations. He whispered as much
as anybody else. and did as much
devilment, but he was 80 smooth he
seldom got caught. As he grew old
er his crookedness increased and he
was able to get along with less work
than any of the other fellows. He
always claimed the world owed him
q living and he was going to get 1t.
He collected that living for a long
time with not much physical effort.
But he finally got too fast, as he