SCRIPTURE PRACTICALLY EXPOUNDED.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 2646, 3 May 1895, Page 2 (Supplement)

SCRIPTURE PRACTICALLY EXPOUNDED.

| In a German village there lived a parson ; and a clerk who had often quarrelled about some trivial matters relating to church affairs. One Sunday morning the minister chose as his text, " And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other," and, after an eloquent discourse, he proceeded on his way 'home. The clerk waylaid the clergyman, and, thinking that the opportunityhad at last arrived for avenging past injuries, he confronted him, saying, " Let us see if yon can practise as well as you can preach." He then gave the parson a smart blow on the Mght cheek. The clergyman determined to act on his text than allow the clerk to deride and sneer at him, so he offered him the left cheek, upon which the clerk, thinking the clergyman thoroughly cowed, promply administered a heavier blow than before. " Now," said the parson, who was a man of rather large dimensions, " there is another text which runs thus — ' For with the same measure ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again,' " and, suiting the action to the words, he gave the clerk such a sound thrashing as he had never before received in his life, and wished to receive again. The squire of the parish, happening to pass in his carriage, and desirous ofknowing the cause of the scuffle, sent his footman to ascertain what it was about. The footman quickly returned, and, touching his hat, said, " Oh, sir, it is only the parson and the clerk expounding Scripture to one another !"