Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1884 — As to Christians and Fools. [ARTICLE]

As to Christians and Fools.

Jenny Lind once went to hear Father Taylor preach in Boston, but the preacher, ignorant of her presence, paid a glowing tribute to her powers of song. As the Swedish nightingale leaned forward with delight, drinking in this unexpected praise, a tall man who sat on the pulpit stairs, began slowly to unwind himself, and when he had done so, Avanted to know whether any one who had died at Miss Lind’s concerts would go to heaven. Father Taylor said: “Sir, a Christian will go to heaven wherever he dies; but a fool will be a fool, even though he be on the pulpit stairs. It would take more grace to sane such a mail than it would take skim milk to feed an elephant. ” —Macon Telegraph.