Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1892 — Swearing vs. Praying. [ARTICLE]

Swearing vs. Praying.

Old Abner Kirby is one of the bast known men in Milwaukee. He owns the Kirby House there, and is generally a good citizen and a piomlnent man. Mr. Kirby is at the head of a very fine family, who, one and all, with tie exception of himself, are regular attendants at the church of Rev. Dr. Ashley. Profanity seerns to be one of Mr. Kirby’s strong points; he is noted all over the Cream City for his prolific swearing, and one day when he met the clergyman, that individual asked If he could not be Induced to attend church with his family, saying, “It will do you good.” “In what way?” asked Mr. Kirby; “I am not religiously inclined.” “No, I suppose not,” said the preacher, “butthztdoesn’tcutany figure; come to church anyway; perhaps if you do you won’t swear so much.” “Well, now, Doctor,” said the old gentleman, “I don’t know that It hurts me to swear; you tee, I swear a good deal and you pray a good deal, but we don’t either of us mean anything by it.”— Arkansan Traveler.