A Kindly Act.
One sultry Sunday a minister was thunfferibg away at his drowsy congregationj the pafority ot which would ge^Wsle'epHn spite of all his efforts. At last he shouted, " Wake up here ! There is a man' preaching to you who has only half a shirt on his back !" It woke them tremendously. The next day , a delegation of ladies visited the parsonage and presented the preacher with a package, containing some very nice shirts, saying "that it was a shame that he should be reduced to half a shirt on his back. '' He replied, after accepting the shirts, with thanks, "that he was not literally reduced to heif. a shirt, although be wore only half on- his back; he wore the other half' in front of him."— Exchange.
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Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 4, 19 June 1883, Page 3
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129A Kindly Act. Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 4, 19 June 1883, Page 3
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