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Show HAPPENED AT BAD TIME. minister's Fall Significant In View of Previous Words. In a small church In one of the mln- j Ing towns of Pennsylvania was a pulpit pul-pit both antique and unique. It wai i about the size and shape of a flou.-1 barrel, was elevated from the floor about four feet and was fastened to the wall. The ascent was by narrow winding steps. A minister from a neighboring town, a man of great vigor and vehemence, preached there one Sunday. While preaching he bent forward and shouted shout-ed out with great force the words of bis text: "The righteous shall stand, but the wicked shall fall." Just us these words escaped from his llpB. the pulpit broke from lta fastening, and he fell out nnd rolled over on the floor before his congregation. congre-gation. In an Instant he was on his feet again and said: "Hrethren, 1 am not hurt, and 1 don't mind the fall much, but 1 do hate the connection." |