THE PIOUS STRATEGIST.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 109, 9 May 1908, Page 2

THE PIOUS STRATEGIST.

It was at an informal session, after one of the regular meetings of a religions convention, that the New Hampsire minister told some of his best stories. " There is one man in our church," he said, " who is as good as gold, but ec long-winded that he tires everybody out.

" At one time it was suggested by one of the deacons that in order to avoid the extreme length of this good

man's remarks at prayer-meeting, we might make a five-minute limit. '' This I inaugurated at the next meeting, anci it was cheering to us all to see that when the long-winded man arose to speak he held his open watch in his left hand.

When the limit was all but reached, he said: ' Finding, my dear friends, that I have only a few seconds left in which to speak, and having much to say, I "will throw the rest of my remarks into the form of a prayer. 3 "