Most' people" have' heard, says the "Southland Times," the story of the man .who mado a bet that lie could say the ""lord's Prayer, nnd won it by-saying'a bit of the 23rd Psalm.The . present story is about 'the' " Old Hundredth." Tliere was a meeting in Invercargill at wljich thero was somo discussion, abn.ut a religious ceremony. Some-'one^siiggested-that,if thfij public ..were _a.gkcd. 'tcT'sing 'hymn's 'it' would fie necessary to, have slips printed for distribution amongst the crowd. Then it wan . suggested that only a verse of the' 1 - Old ' Hundredth" should be sung. The chairman thought it .would not bo Accessary to have that printed: i^Eyeryborlyt;'knew the 'Old Hundredth'— . [' lJr'dW:ftod," 1 from ' Whom '.all Vhlossings ' flow.' " Nobody even smiled, which showed either very good maimor# or shaky-, ortho- .
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 222, 12 June 1908, Page 4
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