Show AN unfamiliar TEXT icat it itt W wag a forcible cible illustration at of great truth several years ago there labored in one of the western villages of alinne sofa sota a preacher who was alraya la in tha habit of selecting his fils texts tram from tha th A oil testament and par particularly arly some portion of the batory 7 of noah no matter what the occasion was lie always find some parallel incident from the history of this great character that would readily serve as a text or allu illustration iteration at one time he was called upon to urite the daughter of the village mayor and a prominent attorney in the holy bonds band of matrimony two little boys knowing his lIt determination termination to give them a portion of the sacred hia his tary touching noahs marr marriage laje hit uron ullon the novel idea of pasting together two leaves in the family bible so as to connect without any apparent break the marriage of noah and the description of the ar ankot 1 of the co covenant yo when the noted guests were all ail assembled and thu tb u contracting parties with attendants in their respective stations stat lons the preacher began the cere monies by reading the following text and when noah was yeara years old he goolt unto himself a wife then turning the page he continued coats in n length 60 cubits in width and 30 cubits in depth and within and without besmeared wita pitch tho the story seemed a little strong but ha he could not doubt the bible and after reading it t once more nd reflecting fleeting a moment ho he turned to the startled as with these remarks sly beloved brethren this Is the first time in the history of my life that my attention has lias been called to this important passage of the scripture scriptures but it seems to ne that it Is aau of the most moat fo to cible illustrations of that gran grani eternal truth that the nature of conj woman Is to exceedingly difficult to comprehend starlight bles messenger |