Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 306, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1910 — CATHERED SMILES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CATHERED SMILES

CLERICAL BLIPB. . ® ne of the best-known bishops has a ,“ nd of excellent clerical stories at hjs oisposal, although It is seldom that *ny but his intimate friends are favored with them. Hem are one or two: ' >, A certain preacher, discoursing upon Bunyan and his work, caused a titter among his hearers by exclaiming: “In these days, my brethren, we Want more Bunyans.” Another clergyman, pleading earnestly with his parishioners for the construction of a cemetery for their (parish, asked them to consider “the deplorable condition of 30,000 Christian Englishmen living without Christian burial.” Still more curious was the clerical slip: A gentleman said to the minister: “When do you expect to see Deacon 8. again?" "Never," said the reverend gentleman, solemnly; “the deacon is in heaven.”—Tit-Bits.