TWO SMART PREACHERS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7197, 24 June 1885, Page 4

TWO SMART PREACHERS.

||i|||sitf; bolkg.Qbd, ia tha.story told of the |||||>!^j?H?roaoher3 who were disousaing of off-hand sermonising* M^^e.tf:';'an old gentleman declared he ||p!»lsfj^i : preaobed extempore and trusted for inspiration. A young ||||nan declared benoverdid, but prepared it^caT'efullyy preparing his sermons and them to memory. " Pshaw," man, " the reason you don't extempore is because you can't.'' iilPP 1 '": replied the young one, "I'll |||§|6U|you' what I'll do. I'll preach, in StKe morning from any text you give me; IllpndUypu preach in the afternoon from a give you, and we'll see who. |g;3oe'siha best." . "Agreed." The affair abroad, and a crowded bouse ;tb.e young preacber as be went p n lpit, and the old man passed from the verse in Numbers : the Lord opened the mouth, of ||p£|ii||a:ss." ■-, 'The young preacber pitcbed graphically described the kinds breeds of asses, their usefulgood : and bad traits, and moral and adorned a tale

sermon was a success. Evening llpame, and the old preacher ascended the g^alpifcj and the^young one sent up the from the, next verse in Numbers : |jS|im not I thino ass?" The old rubbed his glasses and adIlll^ied .them, read the text to himself, took off his glasses again and them, and read the text aloud. iij|E|[en; he' coughed and looked around at audience, for the meeting-house waa l^piaicked, readjusted his glasses, coughed, repeated the text, and,, bending the pulpit," said: "Yob, brother, I . - *