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Show Spurgeon's Joke. Mr. Spurgeon was once traveling in a railway carriage, the only other occupant oc-cupant of which was a maiden lady of somewhat severe aspect, and to pass the time he entered into conversation with her on various topics. The train happened to pass Kelve-( Kelve-( don, in Essex, whore Spurgeon first saw the light, and -the preacher, who dearly loved a joke, pointed from the window and remarked, "A very great man was born there Mr. Spurgeon, the eminent preacher." The lady looked at him with a stony stare for some time, and then replied, "If St. Paul had been passing his birthplace, birth-place, he would have said, 'A very great sinner was born there, Mr. Spurgeon.' " It was the first intimation intima-tion which the preacher had that he had been recognized by his traveling companion. |