Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 266, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1919 — Some Explaining Due. [ARTICLE]

Some Explaining Due.

A well-known parson preaching to a crowded congregation at a church where in his younger days he had been curate, alluded to the many changes that had taken place. He contrasted the attendance with that of days gon,e by, and remarked: “At one in this church there was not a soul —er— person in the gallery.” Next day, in a report of the service which appeared in one of the local newspapers, the minister was reported to have said: "At one time in this church there was nor a sober person In the gallery !”/-London Ideas. ,