A Plain Spoken Divine.

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume X, Issue 904, 25 April 1891, Page 2

A Plain Spoken Divine.

'■ H •,- '■}', „-,•>.. j : > ( ,^ A pg jjj ?f j ; The Rev. Jacob Primmer, iff om DunI fermline, addressed anaudience number-* ing' about 150 m Bank^streetJ Ball^?? Irvine, recently. -,- , R^f erring to the act 'pi malicious mischief committed recently ! m Glasgow, Cathedra,!, he said there had' been an image of one of the fowls of r tbeair thrown down m the High Church,, Gilaigqw^and, m the, eyes- of th^ .Tawn.^ Oonhml of Glasgow that : a : jfnotpf/ /serious- thing than .murder. There had been lots of murders c"o'rd-i---initted and no £100"r'etvard had been* offered for; jfcheir ! dJscdVery Ci Bu|" they , offered; #1,09 .for evidence" against c ' person- : ; who ; itia,pl gofje. pxiti' __ ■ Knbdk^' ' ■down ; ! the inragp ;; (ysgffijf f %;WJ}$ the Ark of; God cajne •, be£or# ; 'pagQij^* a!nd Dagon went down/did tbe JE'hiljgsj, tines offer £100 to-k-aow who koiocked! 1 ifc J dbWn? 'He thoughts: eo<^. . It . t Uras; ;a gop^ thin^ tha^t they ■had"bttd ; a-ii'meet^ > ing that nigiif iff ' North Berwkik, -ov i some rpi..siera might .have, been appre^^ bended. (Laughter.) ... ,Mr / Pnnini|r Caused a great deal, ot.merrimeiitjj^y^hi^ criticism of the idea-thafc a man cannot .pray to Gbd'pj'dperly 'withDut jljie^-, aid :of a prayer book. What would Jonah haTe 46ne in'thVwhale'B belly ? (liangbw ter,) ' And if Jbn»ih bad 1 bomplaiiieil -i to the , whale that he coqld not praise G/ O d .without Instramerital music,'thß ! % 7 aala ,'might well havo ; .replied '. ihat" . Kr, 1 'bad ienough to do tp swallow bin* without i gulping dftwn a harraoniuxa.. (Great . langhttf r.) Referring to a. -new pulpit ;in Paisley Abbey, be ;said ; the; way m : which it has been deaeribeiU to jivisitorg reminded him of tba~ sho'trman telling tha ; -Httl*. jgirl to ,; l blow % - ber-yap^ey and not breaf Ke on ther^ 1 glaaW.^ \sM tgifer), " if . "• '/' :: ' i:! f ';: '- ''^ ■■' ■ ;rr." .-.'./