Show DEATHS DEATH'S HEAD IN THE PULPIT An extraordinary story comes from rom a small town not very far I from Metz l It reads like a parody of or Hamlet In tho pulpit Tho The priest of ot this place had been worked Into a state of or great Indignation by the loose attitude towards sacred things displayed displayed dis dig played by tho the youth of both sexes belonging belonging belonging be be- longing to his parish A short time ago when mass was over the tho priest appeared In the pulpit determined to read his flock a severe lesson Jesson From under tinder his robe he produced a skull and to the terror of the congregation held It up before them Then he began began be be- I gan gate to address the grim relic Art thou the skull of a maid or of ofa a youth 7 ho he asked Art thou a husband husband hus hus- band or a wife thou live In Are any of or thy relatives in this church Wert thou a drunkard drunkard drunk drunk- ard 1 Art thou in heaven or In hell 1 Then after a pause he again addressed address address- ed the skull If thou art in hell give me no answer The preacher received no answer a proof that the former owner of the skull was In hell Weak minded people fainted and at atthe atthe atthe the conclusion of the sermon the congregation con con- congregation filed out pale and excited and not likely to to forget that that particular Jar lar sermon for a long time |