Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1905 — Nearing the Finish. [ARTICLE]

Nearing the Finish.

“How long has the minister been preaching?” whispered the stranger, who had wandered into church and sat down near the door. “About thirty years, I believe,” replied the other occupant of tlie pew. “That being tlie case, continued the stranger, “1 may as well stay. He must be near the end of his discourse.”