Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 159, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1910 — They Were Attentive. [ARTICLE]

They Were Attentive.

A clergyman preaching in a country church for the first time was delighted to find the congregation very attentive and told the verger so after the service.

The verger replied: "Lor’ bless you sir, we was all looking for you to disappear! ” “Why, what do yon mean?" said the clergyman.

"Well, sir, you see, the pulpit is rotten, and hasn’t been preached in this ten year or more.’’—-Pearson’s Weekly.