HIS LOGIC.

New Zealand Tablet, 22 August 1918, Page 46

HIS LOGIC.

A colored preacher had just concluded a sermon on Salvation Am Free,” and announced that a collection would be taken up for the benefit of the parson and his family. A member in the audience objected to the paradoxial nature of the' proceedings, and received this bit of negro logic in response : “S’pos© yo’ was thirsty an’ come to a river. Yo’ could kneel right down an’ drink your fill, couldn’t yo’ ? An’ it wouldn’t cost yo’ nothin’. Dat water would be free. But s’posin’ yo’ was to have dat water piped to yo’ house, yo’d have to pay, wouldn’t you ? Waal, brudder, so it is wid salvation. De salvation am free, but it’s de habin’ it piped to yo’ dat yo’ got to pay for.” *