Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1899 — Mixed Allegory. [ARTICLE]

Mixed Allegory.

Evcn in the pulpit the Irishman's speech presents, on occasion, the eccentricities which afford so much joy to unprejudiced listeners. "The Church,” said a brave, hardworking little priest to his Western parishioners, ‘’the Church, my friends, is like a ship r that sails proudly on through this sea of trouble that we call the world. The waves of sin beat in vain against her stalwart sides, afid the waters of error dash about her prow and do her no harm. “And why is this?” he asked, with impressive earnestness. “Why is this, my friends? Because she is founded on a rock; not on sand, but on a rock, a solid rock, from which no power can dislodge her!” The largest flower in the world, it is said, is the bolo, which grows on the island of Mindanao, one of the Philippine group. It has five petals, measuring nearly a yard in width, and a single flower has been known to weigh twenty-two pounds. It grows on the highest pinnacle of the land, about 2,000 feet above the level of the sea. There are some curious superstitions concerning waves. The Arab sailors believe that the high seas off the coast of Abyssinia are enchanted, and whenever they find themselves among them they recite verses which they suppose have a tendency to subdue them.