Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1910 — For the Heathen Only. [ARTICLE]

For the Heathen Only.

A collection was being taken up in a Scotch church one Sunday on behalf of the heathen. The minister made a stirring appeal, and the warden started his round with the box. One of the first members of the congregation to whom Jus offered It, says a writer in the Church Family Newspaper, was evidently ill-disposed to the cause. In a stage whisper, heard alike by congregation and pastor, this man said in blank vernacular: “Tak it awa\ lad. I’m not going to give owt,” At that period the collection boxes were taken direct Into the vestry. Down came the preacher from the pulpit, went into the vestry, brought out one of the boxes, and marched straight toward the gentleman, all the congregation Imagining that the minister was going to shame the unbeliever Into givingsomething. The clergyman offered the box to the heretic with the naive remark: “Tak what thou wanteet, lad; It has been gathered for the heathen!”