Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1901 — Buttons for the Chuarch. [ARTICLE]

Buttons for the Chuarch.

There is far more In the oft-repeated statement that old buttons if useful for no other purpose may serve as an offering to the Lord. It is recorded as i a fact that a clergyman’s wife was mending clothes for her boys when one of her neighbors called in to have a friendly chat It was not long before the visitor's eye was attracted by a large basket more than half filled with buttons. The lady could not help remarking that there seemed a very good supply of buttons. Thereupon she began to turn them over and suddenly exclaimed: "Here are two buttons exactly the same as those my husband had on his last winter suit I should know them anywhere." “Indeed,” said the clergyman’s wife. "I am surprised to bear it As all these buttons were found in the collection bag I thought I might as well put them to some use." Before she had finished speaking ths visitor hastily arose and said she must be going.