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Show HIGHEST ORDER OF SN0B3ERY Alleged Prayer Made by English Di. vine Would Have Made Great . Hit With Thackeray. A reporter, gathering material for a Sunday special on "Why Churches ' Are Empty," called on Bishop Leonard Leon-ard of Cleveland. "I don't admit that our churches are empty," Bishop Leonard said. "Certainly "Cer-tainly the churches that are realls democratic, really Christian, are full. Of course we have a few churches that cater to the rich. In these a certain number of vacant pews are to be found. "The kind of church I am refer-ing refer-ing to abounded in England in Quen Victoria's day. There's a story about one such church. It was in the domain do-main of a certain baronet and the vicar used to conclude his Sunday prayer in this wise : "'God bless Sir Peter; God bles" also her dear ladyship; bless the tender ten-der youth of the two Indies likewise. We would furthermore unite In beseeching be-seeching Thee, O Lord, to have mercy on the poor governess and all the miserable mis-erable sinners of this parish. Amen.' " |