Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1884 — Not for His Approval. [ARTICLE]

Not for His Approval.

“I didn’t like your prayer very much this morning,” said a deacon to the minister. “No?” answered the minister. “And what was the matter with it?” “Well, in the first place, it was too long, and, aside from this, it contained two or three expressions which I thought were scarcely warranted.” “I am sorry, deacon,” the good man responded, “but it might be well to bear in mind that the prayer wasn’t addressed to you."— Philadelphia Call.