| Show the Tar parsons sons text A orth north NT missouri pastor corn com be absent one oho Sund sunday tty sent an old minister who was it a j stran stranger er in the town to till his pulpit culpi thu the old bother arrived arrive d saturday and was taken in im cha charge CY e by one of the deacons well awell brother said the dea con af after ter su supper ap pp is your subject for tomorrow tomorrows 1 t believe ill preach on temperance P 0 rance rep replied liedthe the old gen gentle liem un th atsa ats a mighty good sub eject we 1 certainly certa need nee d to fight liquor assented the deacon then after a pause I 1 don t know though parson whet whether lier under the circumstances it would be bettor better for 1 0 iou on to preach on oil it or not you see we are a little peculiarly situated here our organist who is one of our leading members is is the wife of a saloonkeeper saloon keeper kee per and it would atwould hardly do to offe offend iid 1 I have it a pretty good sermon on the evils of cards and dancing hj remarked the minister well I 1 dont know about that either and the deacon pulled his beai beard d yov you see some of our people are peculiar and nd in mighty igli ty bouchy the of ono one of the leading men inen in our church dances and they thinks it is all right iles hes one of the best members too and then several of our leading Z farlies play cards just for fun you knowland kno wand dont s see ee any harm harib in in it r 4 A good 0 sermon on the observance of the sa sabbath bealh usually ilis his tho mark said the minister how would that ulf you there e is no iio doubt that many christians are careless about keeping sunday replied the d bacion edasi ova ay still I 1 hardly know brother snodgrass keeps heeps his store open on sunday says he has to to accommodate the railroad railroad ni me e ii au es it a mighty good mar man an and d th the best paying member in the church and when you come to think about it brother thema the master ster particular about sunday you know he aluc plucked ked tho the heads of corn on that day 11 1 1 I might preach on baptism baptis rn 1 said the old minister bent on oil attacking evil in some form 1 I dont know about abou t that chat either 1 said the deacon we have been getti getting rj on so friendly with the other churches I 1 hate to start a row aboin and you know the methodists ai aie e mighty touchy on hism I 1 well what shall I 1 pi preach each about cl demanded banded the old man in an aggrieved t t tone yo you u might hit the brother hit orn cm hard they it a f friend in town dl Li liahona aliona |
