Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1886 — A Layman’s Services. [ARTICLE]

A Layman’s Services.

Rev. Dr. S., who is a prominent divine in a city not far from New York, had been spending a few days on an island on the Marne coast, and, intending to depart on a certain morning, he started for the boat in company with a friend. A porter followed with the doctor’s valise. Arriving at the wharf, they found that, to take advantage of the wind or tide, the boat had gone before the advertised time. Not aware of the clerical character of the company, the porter swore several shocking oaths in quick succession. “Wlpit do you think of that, doctor?” asked his friend. “Well,” said the doctor, slowly and impressively, “there are times when the services of a layman are indispensable.” —Boston Record.