A PULPIT COINCIDENCE.
A young clergyman having agreed to supply the pulpit of an elder brother, absent from home, escorted to church the daughter of the pastor, and after seeing her safely in her father’s pew, ascended to the pulpit, unconscious that his natural attention to the young lady was sufficient to excite lively imaginations and inquiries in the audience. Upon reading the to be sung, the young clergyman vas surprised to see evident efforts in the congregation to suppress laughter. The daughter of his friend possessed the melliflous name of Grace, and, all unconscious of the fact, he had chosen the hymn beginning with the words “Amazing grace," and proceeded with: ’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace by fears relieved; I-Icw precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed! Through many dangers, toils, and snares I have already come; ’Tis grace has brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home!
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Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 7912, 28 July 1917, Page 4 (Supplement)
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160A PULPIT COINCIDENCE. Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 7912, 28 July 1917, Page 4 (Supplement)
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