Visiting the Sick.—"l hare been a ''member of your church for thirty years," said an elderly Christian to his pastor, "and when ,1 was laid by with sickness for a week or two, only one or two cam* to visit me. I was shamefully neglected/ 11 My friend," said the pastor," in all those thirty years, how many siokhave you visited P " " Oh," he replied, "it never struck me in that light. I thought only of the relation of others to me, and not of my relation to them." j
"Sir," said a weary tramp to the gentleman who stands behind the counter, at the Barret-house, <;Sir, lamasocial , conundrum." "Then," exclaimed Bell, pointing sadly toward the door, "Thf* nevermore be guessed of mine."—•Bar* lington Hawkeye.
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3172, 19 April 1879, Page 2
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125Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3172, 19 April 1879, Page 2
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