Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1886 — The Pale, Wan Clergyman. [ARTICLE]

The Pale, Wan Clergyman.

During his recent lecture here in Pastor Conwell’s church, at Berks and Mervine streets, the Eev. T. De Witt Talmage related a little incident that will bear repeating. He was speaking of a brother clergyman who was very thin. “One day,” he added, “as the preacher was walking along the street near his home he was stopped by a man of robust proportions. ‘Are you the clergyman living in this neighborhood who the people say is dying of consumption ?’ inquired the hearty-looking individual, at the same time taking an ample survey of the divine’s meager frame, ‘I don’t know, brother,’ meekly replied the clergyman; ‘but I have been preaching the gospel at this weight for fifteen years, and man’s the time I have conducted funeral services over just such a big, healthy brother as you.’ The lobust individual said not a word, but thoughtfully walked away.” —Philadelphia Bulletin. To find capacity of a cylindrical vessel in gallons, multiply the area in inches by height in inches and divide product by 231. To find capacity of a four-sided vessel in gallons, find cubical contents by multiplying the length, breadth, and height in inches and divide product by 231. Pleasure makes folks acquainted with each other, but it takes trials and griefs to make them know each other. Trusting to luck is only another name for trusting to laziness.