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Show Some Hope. -' A Scotch parson, romarkablo for tho simple forco of his pulpit style, wns enlarging '"ono Sunday upon tho text "Except j'0 rofjbnt ye shall all likewise perish." , . ; "Yes, my frhSnds," urged ho, wit solemn earnestness, "unless ye repent ye shnll as surely perish," deftly plac Ing his left forefinger on the wing of a bluebottle fly thnt had Just alighted upon the reading desk, 'the while the pnrson's right hand uplifted, "Just ns surely as, my friends, I flattened this poor fly." But before tho threatened blow descended de-scended tho fly got away, whereupon the minister further "Improved the occasion" with ready wft,, exclaiming: "There's n chance for,, yo yet my friends!" London Scraps. |