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Show FOIlCOT HIS OWN TEXT. The Second Pre.-byteriun church ol ' D.niville, Ky.. being without a pastor lor i he pre-ent, tue diff rent ministers if i he town, especially those c uiuecte i i tti-li the iheoliieal .-eiiiinary, pieacb ' tiliernato'y to the nrphmi eonnregauon, and laielv it was Dr. Yrku's turn in deliver a s-riuon to a large ii-sewMy. In an e'equeiil oration he uttered thr winds of d.yniu truth, when t-uddciily h irrible d.cu I a member atleuted wish a bad cud commenced bluw.ng Ins nose most violently. A teinble blowing it was. such as ynu never beard belore in all yi.ur I i'-, and .-uch as lite poor d"Cior hopes never to htar again. It evideu'ly had swept the whoiy ot the beautiful fermou out of his memory, mem-ory, Hiid having no notes about him, ho tritd in vain to rest nro the broken connection. Dut, ala-1 ho could discover dis-cover neither end, and tho frightened doctor exclaimed: "Brother Mu Mullen, will you oblige me by repeating the text? ' The reverend brother arose, thought a while, stammered, hfsitaicd and sat down again he gave it up. "LJleao will anv one in tho conereua- tion let me know my ten?" After a long pause a student said; "I. Corinthians, Corin-thians, s., 16." Believed from a great burden, tho happy doctor opened the Bible, but only to find it was a pad mistake. ''This is not the right o.ie. 1'leasc can not any one recollect the text?" A dead silence followed. Frof Bealty, of Central college, rubbed his head in despair, but neither rubbed the text out or into iu liov. Mr. Johnson and many of bis brethren, together with the whole congregation, ail were unable to find the lot darling. The laughter which followed now was indescribable, inde-scribable, and quite a time passed before be-fore the house could be called to oider. It being finally restored, the doctor called on Mr. McMullcn to close the meeting with prayer, and all ad-journi'd, ad-journi'd, perfectly convinced that they had listened to one of the most remarkable remark-able Forming ever preached. Correspondent Corres-pondent of Louisville Commercial. |