Show USE OF IT brother clergyman wanted to borrow moving at a dinner to the archbishop of canterbury in new york L shop chauncey a of connecticut decried elf praise Is there anything tamer be said than to bear a man praise himself thau to hear a judge praise a decision he has ju t made or a clergyman praise a sermon he has preached 7 let me tell you about a certain self praising clergyman at a dinner similar to this one he began to talk of his own eloquence he talked of it a long time finally he described a sermon wherewith he bad raised enough money to build a new church he said that this serman had thrown the congregation into a trans port of libel aliby from all sides of the auditorium there has resounded of subscriptions of 1 OCO of 2 even of 5 OCO women had advanced to the altar and thrown in their watches their rings and their bracelets one oung woman bad een but here a distinguished bishop in he bent forward and tap ped the er on the shoulder could ou 1 ud that sermon he whispered |