Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1892 — Illustrating a Point. [ARTICLE]

Illustrating a Point.

“You don't know how glad I am to sec you interested in this noble work,” said the rector, addressing the Children’s Foreign Mission Society. “These poor heathens know nothing of our ways of life. They live in rude huts, dress in the skins of animals and never go to school or to church. They have never heard the blessed gospel, and you can help to spread the good news among them. “You can scarcely form an idea of what they are or how they live,” he continued. “Why, children, these poor people are as black—as blacker—why, children, they’re as black as the ace of spades ” Two big boys on the front seat snickered, and an audible smile ran through the elder portion of the congregation, while poor Dr. Tenthly got red and white by turns and gave out a hymn to relieve the general embarrassment.—Detroit Tribune.