Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1889 — Old Stories, But G-ood. [ARTICLE]

Old Stories, But G-ood.

The Rev. Dr. Joshua Peterlcin is perennial in humor, as he is in goodness. One of his anecdotes in the Episcopal council was that during a flood in the Ohio Valley a relief boat went to a submerged house and found the thriftless owner penned up in the second story. Supplies were handed in to him through an upper window, he broke forth: “Thank the Lord; I don’t know what I should have done but for this blessed flood.” An-, other was where a good Methodis{ brother had preached about the benefits of humility and poverty; and when he called on one of his devout flock to l ea J in prayer the latter the doctrine of tho sermon on his astonished pastor in this unexpected manner: “Lord, you keep him humble and we’ll keep him poor.”—Lynchburg Virgins ian.