RATHER EMBARRASSING.
Dr Leonard Bacon, of New Haven, after his active pastorate had ceased, was accustomed to sit in the pulpit, and if a stranger preached, to introduce him to the congregation. One Sunday he said, “ The first pastor of this church was Eev. John Davenport,” and he proceeded to announce a brief eoulgy upon him. “ The grandson of that pastor was Eev. John Davenport, of Stamford. . .The 13911 of that pastor was Eev. James Davenport, of Southoid, L. I. We are today to be addressed by a lineal descended of John Davenport, our first pastor.” The minister thus introduced was observed to be blushing violently, and the occasion of his embarrassment became evident when he announced his text, “ Visiting the iniquities of the lathers, upon the children untoi the third; andU fourth generation.”
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Western Star, Issue 1370, 10 July 1889, Page 2
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134RATHER EMBARRASSING. Western Star, Issue 1370, 10 July 1889, Page 2
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