Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1883 — Expounding the Scriptures. [ARTICLE]

Expounding the Scriptures.

Little Sammy Peterby went to church last Sunday and did not behave himself as decorously as he should have done. His father, who is an Austin editor, rebuked him for his levity, but the little fellow insisted that he listened to everything'the preacher said. “Then, Sammy, I suppose you remember the text.” , “Of course I remember the text. I don’t remember the words, pa, but I know pretty near what it was.” “What was it, then?” “If a man smites you on the right cheek, smite him on the left, and fef such is the kingdom of heaven. ”-h, Texas Siftings. No nobleb feeling than this, of admiration for one higher than himself dwells in the breast of man. It is to this hour, and at all hours, the vivifying influence in man’s life.— Carlyle. Religion gives part of its hand, the present Mamfort of having done our duty; and for the'fest, it offers us the best security thfet Heaven can give.— Titlotson. The mortality in the Blockley almshouse, Philadelphia, has averaged over 26 per cent, during the last twenty years.