Show needed prayer an aged man in a town adjoining lewiston tells a story of tho old days when every minister was not a college educated man and when churches and parishes often had no other meeting bouse than schoolhouses school bouses at the throe corners the congregation of the town where the story teller lived had much shocked apon learning that their preacher had departed ander most die creditable circumstances on tho following sunday it to bo tho aim of nearly every one to hush up the scandal and under great restraint many interesting conversations were held merely to show that the members of tho church could rise above sensational gossip just before the services were closed one elder brother arose and said brethren and sisters since we last met in this house something which seems to have cast a gloom over this congregation has occurred we were all much attached to our minister in fact we loved him and I 1 now propose that wo offer up a prayer for the wanderer A sensational wave went over tho audience and another brother tho senior even of the other arose and saidi im astonished that yon should desire tho congregation to pray for our erring minister you above all others why because he ran away with your young wife yes I 1 know and that Is the reason why I 1 think he will need our prayers Lc wiston journal |