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Show WAS EQUAL TO THE OCCASION. Minister Turns Apparent Predicament to Hie Advantage. Itov. F. W. Snnford, leader of n now sect nt Shlloh, Mo., that threatens to oxceed In numbers Dowlo's army, tells a story of u Presbyterian minister. minis-ter. "This minister," says Mr. Sanford, "was making a tour of Maine, preaching preach-ing each Sunday In n different church. It happened that on ono particular Sunday he had no now discourse pro-pared. pro-pared. This, turnover, did not bother him. Would he not bo among strnngo peoplo? "It chnncod, however, that when ho arose In tho pulpit ho saw a numbor of last Sunday's congregation seated in tho front row. A delegation had como to hear him again, intending, If ho pleased them, to offer him tho incumbency of their church. "What was ho to do? Ho suspected tho cause of tho delegation's visit, and ho wanted to please them mightily. An Inspiration camo to him, and, frowning down upon his hearers, ho began: '"Dear Friends: I havo been much pained by a report that has reached me. I preached last Sunday, as you know, in Shlloh church. Well, I havo been reliably Informed that tho good peoplo of Shlloh took umbrago nt my dlscourbe. They questioned Its orthodoxy. ortho-doxy. How am I to reply to them? How am I to defend myself? Hut ono wny Is open to mo. In order to refuto this baseless chnrgo from Shlloh I am going to repeat, sentenco by sentence, and word for word, tho sermon I preachod thero last Sunday. Qlvo mo, I pray you, your attention, and soo if you can And In my sermon a slnglo unorthodox thought." Chicago Record-Herald. |
