Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1889 — A Little Angel Among the Sinners. [ARTICLE]

A Little Angel Among the Sinners.

A minister’s Tittle daughter was attending her first church service at which her father presided. She had "nev'eT r Ws'eTi ‘htrn ""In " the pulpit be fore, and, on his entrance there, her pre- : sence of mind forsook her and she piped up in a voice expressive of joyful recognition: “Why! t-h-e-r-e’s my ! papa, up in that box!” Avenging propriety swept down upon the little maiden and for a season there was a great calm. But the services were grievously long to such a wee worshiper, and she became very restless, walking up and dowfF the pew and sighing audibly. Mamina whispered comfortingly, “Papa’s almost through, dear,” whereupon ensued another brief period of quiet; but it was not to last. Tired baby nature had readied its utmost limit of endurance, tyid, by and by, over the quiet listners arose a little voice—clear and plaintive, and coaxing