Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1917 — WIFE SUBS FOR PREACHER [ARTICLE]

WIFE SUBS FOR PREACHER

Takes Place of Tired Husband to thq| Pleasure of an Overflow Congregation. Chicago. —Most married men hear sermons and are glad they are delivered ip private. But Rev. O. Fairies Jordan, pastor of the Evanston Christian church, probably is ‘lbne of the few men who ever sat back In peace and comfort, listening to a public preachment by their wives. Mr. Jordan faced the task of a “double-header” after a week of nightly sermoning. He was , aweary. His wife sympathized. 8 “I'll take your place in the pulpit this evening,” she offered. She did, not only to friend husband's satisfaction, but to the pleasure of an overflow congregation. '