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Show I GETTING AHEAD OF SCANDAL H Fmoo ami Dignity of Congregation So- H cured by Recommendation H Made to Pastor. H ' Parson Henderson, an evangelist of H Color, was oaught one bright morning H holding the hands of one of the ewe H lambs of his congregation, who was a H very popular young lady, and it creat- H ed quite a stir among tho colored pop- H Ulation, relates a writer in NormanE. H Mack's National Monthly. So tho par- H son was brought up for trial and was H questioned by the officers of the H ohurch as to what ho meant by his H action, and this is what he had to say H In answer to the question propounded H to him: "My bruddors, you have H Wen these groat pictures, I suppose, H Bo you know dot tho great Shepherd B am always pictured with a lamb of H bis flock in his arms." V ' "Yes, sah, parson, dat am so," ad- H tnltted Deacon Jones. H "Don, Brudder Jones, what am H Wrong In the shepherd of his flock H holding a lamb in his arms?" H Thi3 was too much for Brudder H Tones, so he proposed tho offlcers of Hi tho ohurch havo a call meeting that B afternoon. After the point was dis- H cussed fully tho following resolution H was adopted: H "Resolved, Dat for tho future peace H ind dignity of the congregation dat H the next time Parson Henderson feels H called upon to take a lamb of his flock H In his arms, dat ho pick out a ram H lamb." |