Show Genile enile Hint Mini from groan P Pulpit Slumbering congregations said Bishop Daniel A A. of Chattanooga Chattanooga Chattanooga Chatta Chatta- have distressed many a minister minister min min- ister but I 1 doubt if any n minister was ever so terribly distressed as a colored colored colored col col- ored brother that I 1 heard about in Watauga This brother a native of Watauga Is an Itinerant preacher traveling between between between be be- tween Strawberry Plains Nola Chucky and P Paint int Rock His Nola Chucky congregations as asa asa asa a rule are large and attentive but butone butone butone one hot Sunday strive as he would the poor fellow could not seem to hold their Interest The sun streamed Into the hot lit- lit the auditorium A host of flies files made a aloud aloud loud loud buzzing sound sound The leading colored citizen of Nola Chucky sat fast asleep his wife dozed and nodded beside beside be be- I side him and all over the house reputable reputable I table able people usually most attentive slumbered profoundly lulled by the heat the ministers minister's voice and the buzzing flies The poor man plodded on through his sermon It discouraged him him It It took his spirits away to see so many sleepers And now to make matters worse a group of children In the gallery gallery gallery gal gal- lery began to talk and laugh The distracted minister looked up at the babbling children and then down at the slumbering tion I must ask for silence up there therein in the gallery he said Dont you know children that if you make so much noise you'll be apt to wake your parents |