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Show ii i 'ill, -y.TT WAS EQUAL TO THE 0CCA8J0N. Minister Turns Apparent Predlcarneni to His Advantage. , ;f. Rov F. W. Sanford, leader of npw sect at Shlloli, Mo., that ttircatgna to exceed In numbers Dowlo'8 ' ojmy, tella a Btory of a Preabyterian minister. minis-ter. Ji "This minister," says Mr. Sanford, "was making a tour of Maine, preaching preach-ing onch Sunday In a dlfforont church, tt happoned that on one particular Sunday ho had no now discourse, prepared. pre-pared. This, howovcr, did not bother hlra. Would ho not bo among strango people? i '-' "It chanced, however, that whon ho arose In tho pulpit he saw rwnuinbcr of last Sunday's congregation seated In tho front row. A. delegation nnd como to hoar him ngaln, Intending, If ho pleased thorn, to offer .hlmTjtho Incumbency of their church. . ., "What was ho to do? He suspected tho cause of the delegation's visit,- and ho wanted to please them "mightily. An Inspiration camo to hlmv .-and, trownlng flown upon his hearers, he began: "'Dear Friends: I have been much pained by n report thnt has reached mo. I preached last Sunday, as you know, In Shlloh church. Well, I havo been reliably Informed that tho good people of Shlloh took umbrago at my discourse. Thoy questioned Its orthodoxy. ortho-doxy. How am I to reply to'thora? How nra I to defend myself?, '.But ono way Is open to me. In order to.'rofuto this basoless charge from Shlloh I am going to Yepeat, sentence by sentence, nnd word for word, tho sermon I preached thero last Sunday. ,Olvo me, I pray you, your attention, and boo If you can find In my sermon a' single unorthodox thought" Chicago Record-Herald. - ' |