Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 186, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1915 — The Family Honor. [ARTICLE]

The Family Honor.

At a banquet of the ministers of New York, Mr. Johnston of the Morriaania church told this story: “One of the members of my church has Instilled Into his family the belief that the collection is a vitally important part of the service. "Consequently his little boy Thomas never comes to church without his contribution. • "One Sunday, as the elders began to take up the collection at the morning service, Thomas looked along the pew to see if the various members of the family were provided with a contribution. "Noticing a guest of his sister’s empty-handed, he whispered: " Where’s your money?* "*I have none,’ was the reply. “The time was short and the necessity great. In a flash the little fellow met the emergency by saying: “ ‘Here —take mine. That’ll pay for you and I’ll get under the seat.* "And, flinging his own coin into her lap, he disappeared under th,e pew, where he remained until the elder had gone by—and the reputation of the family was saved.”