Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1898 — WHY THE MINISTER RESIG[?] [ARTICLE]

WHY THE MINISTER RESIG[?]

And Bow Bo Got Bis Revenge in Bib Farewell Sermon. Here is a newly imported Scotc# story, minus the “hoot-mon,” dialect; One Sunday morning the minister arose in his pulpit and said: “Bretheren, I wish to announce that I resigned my pastorate, and that I wflj not occupy this pulpit after to-day; I have several reasons for leavingyo<V “In the first place, you do not k>v» me, for you have not paid me a shil» ling of my salary this year. In the second place, yon do not love you are doing nothing toward extendi mg His kingdom on earth. God deep not love you, for there has not been a funeral in this parish for month* You do not love one another, for t have married but one couple in that last two years. ‘These being the facts, I have de* cided to leave this field of labor, so I have accepted a position as chaplain bf the prison at Glasgow. And now I will preach my farewell sermon from the text: Tgo to prepare a place sot you,* ** —Chicago Record. i