THE REASON WHY.
At a Sunday school service a clergyman was explaining to a number of smart little urchins the necessity of Christian profession in order to properly enjoy the blessings of Providence in this world, aud to make it apparent to the youthful miucl he said: — "For instance, I want to introduce water into my house. I turn it on. The pipes and every convenience are in good order, but I get no water. Can any of you tell me why I don't get any water?" He expected the children to see that it was because he had not made a connection with the main in the street. The boys looked perplexed. They could not see why the water should refuse to run into his premises after such faulteless plumbing. "Can no one tell me what I have neglected?" reiterated the good man, looking at the mauy wondering faces bowed down by the weight of the problem. "I know," squeaked a little five-year-old. "You didn't pay up !"
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LVI, Issue 8710, 19 March 1907, Page 3
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168THE REASON WHY. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LVI, Issue 8710, 19 March 1907, Page 3
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