I O U IN A COLLECTION.
A few years ago a military chaplain at Gibraltar hit on. what he thought was a happy idea for inducing his congregation to subscribe more liberality to the offertories than was their custom.' This was that the men, instead of putting their pennies into the bag (or, .rather, refrainin.c "from doing so), should be permitted to deposit sheets of ndtepaper stating the .amounts that they were willing to have deducted from their weekly pay for the benefit of the church. The soldiers appeared to be impressed with the idea, and the fol-owing-Sun day the offertory bags literally overflowed with their notes of hand. The chapfeih was, most jubilant at the sight, andi, prior to dismissing the troops, openly thanked them for their generosity. When, however, in the privacy of the. Vestry, he examinedl Ms harvest shortly afterwards, his jubilation 'somewhat evaporated. This was because practically every ,j.>aper he unfolded ran as follows:' "T. Atkins promises, to pay the Rev. Blank ten millions when he is made a Field Marshal."'
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 11796, 2 December 1902, Page 7
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175I O U IN A COLLECTION. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 11796, 2 December 1902, Page 7
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