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Show Upholds Ills Faith. Representative William Connell or Pennsylvania, who owns a score of coal mines, besides banks, newspspers, street-car lines, railroads and a lot of other things, began life aa a miner with a plrk and shovel. He la a Methodist, Meth-odist, and la deeply Interested In church work. A day or two ago an' Irreverent young man scoffed at religion reli-gion In Mr. Connell's presence, and said he wondered why a man of Mr. Connell's wealth and power should pay so much attention to the churcb. "Young man," aald Mr. Connell severely. severe-ly. "It la a pretty poor sort of man who has no respect for religion. The. Almighty (lod gave me health and' hands and brain to make myself what I am. and If 1 do not show a sense of; gratitude for what he has done for niO'' 1 am worse off than any savage that walks naked through an African Jungle." |