Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1886 — Common Sense in the Pulpit. [ARTICLE]

Common Sense in the Pulpit.

The vicar of an English parish, who recently dispensed with a sermon to avoid detaining his congregation, most of whom were shivering in wet boots, has since died of a cold. Perhaps somebody will draw a lesson from this incident, but the parson’s exceptional common sense must not be forgotten. —Boston Transcript. By means of an extremely sensitive “thermo-electric calorimeter,” a French physiologist is enabled to measure the heat liberated by cold-blooded animals, such as frogs and fishes, and even by insects and larvae. No oh* was ever corrected by a sarcasm, but oftener driven further in the wrong way. In teaching,.. always be kind and patient.