THE MISSING DOVE.
The preacher was an earnest man, bur. he was not above the sweet uses of advertisement. Thus it happened that at g. revival meeting for “ colored gentlemen ” it was agreed that whan the preacher thought the excitement was at its highest he should give a. signal to the sexton to throw down a. while dove through a. hole which had been specially cut in the roof above the pulpit for that purpose. When the eventful day arrived the church was packed, and the preacher, taking for his text the words, “ Like a dove,” worked his audience up to a rare pitch of enthusiasm. ‘‘Like a dove!” ho shouted at the top of his voice, and at the same time rapped on the pulpit to warn the sexton that the time for tho “ theatrical effect ” had come. After a short interval the audience was surprised and not a little amused to see a cat being lowered from the roof by a rope tied round its body. ” Whir’s do dove?” the preacher called out. ‘‘lnside the cat IV was tho muffled response from
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Evening Star, Issue 19663, 16 September 1927, Page 2
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184THE MISSING DOVE. Evening Star, Issue 19663, 16 September 1927, Page 2
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