| Show PULPIT ANECDOTES the rev mr peters of Terms tennessee zee was preaching and having a large gift rift of continuance was some somewhat what protracted in his discourse several of the hearers left in the midst of his sermon one young man was on his way to the door wh when en mr peters pointed his long finger at liim hina and said brethren that young man has just as good a right to go out as any on one 11 it is need needless cess to say that he was the last deserter at another time lime while M peters was preaching a young roan man started to leare the louse house any and nial making king some noise as he went mr peters paused and said 1 I will finish my discourse when that young I 1 nan man gets out the e fellow very cooly took his seat and so said id then it will be some time before you get through 3 the preacher however was up to him and remarking IIA A bad promise is better broken than kept went on with his sermon the fol following lowin is attributed to the celebrated roland hill two strangers were passing the church in which he was preaching entered walked up the aisle and finding no DO seat stood for a while and listened to the sermon presently they turned to walk out before they reached the door the preacher said but I 1 will tell you a story 11 this arrested the stra strangers ners and they paused turned aga again inand and listened once there was a man said the speaker who said that if he had all the axes in the corli made into one great axe and all the trees in the world made into one great tree and he could wield the axe and cut down the tree he would make it into one great whip to thrash these ungodly men who turn their backs upon the gospel and stop to hear a story the strangers thought they had bad hoard heard enough to satisfy their curiosity and resumed their walk in the street |
