The Lord Understood

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10, 9 March 1905, Page 1

The Lord Understood

The 'Ameiican Kcdesiastical Review' records how Ex-Congres.sman Pioctor Knott tells the follow mg story on himself : ' There had been a celebration in lmiror of St. Fiantis .\avicr, whi< h I attended. A host of negroes m the neighborhood weie Catholics On my way home I met a <larkey boy and as.\ed him how he liked the Catholic service, remarking that tiheie was one point about it I never h\ed " What j,s that, sir 9 " said the boy. ' The priest does all hi-> piaymg in latm," I ropliol At tins the boy thievv himself down m the road and iollcd cuei "Why, what's tlie matter with you 7 " said I '1 he darkey answcied : ' Fo' de land's sake, mass- a, don't \mi know c!e Lawd can un'erstan' dc Latin as well as de Lnglish '' In de Cat'lic (luiuhes de priest he piavs to <U> Lawd a,n' not to de congregation." '