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Mr Spurgeon is severe on ministers who undertake the duties of this calling without proper qualifications. He used this language in one of his lectures to his students: " I beard one say the other day that a certain preacher had no more gifts for the ministry than an oyster, and, in my own judgment, that was a slander on the oyster, for that worthy bivalve shows great discretion in his openings, and knows when to close."

" Did Harold call on you this morning. nana ff said the Boston girl " Yes, but I couldn't make much ont of what he said. I understood him to say that he wanted to marry me, and that yon had enough to support him, so I ■eat him horns and told him to write it out,"

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Evening Star, Issue 8716, 7 January 1892, Page 1

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Page 1 Advertisements Column 7 Evening Star, Issue 8716, 7 January 1892, Page 1

Page 1 Advertisements Column 7 Evening Star, Issue 8716, 7 January 1892, Page 1