Max O'Rell.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 19 May 1891, Page 3

Max O'Rell.

Max O'Bell had one rather unusual experience in America. He was once asked to mount the pulpit, and he did. In a certain city and in ft certain chu-cli, a meeting was to be held to discuss the Sunday ques j tion. Max O'Kell was invited to be present, and wint. Early in the proceedings a gentleman, whora the lecturer designated as Mr Johnston. rose, and in tho ccurse of his remarks stated that he had once spent a Sunday id Paris, and had witnessed a great deal of immorality. Max O'Kell felt impelled to say a word in reply. He wished to speak from bis seat, but the meeting insisted that he should ascend the pulpit. He pleaded for the reading desK, but nothing could satisfy his hearers but the pulpit itself, which he at last mounted ' " I should like very much to know," he said, " where Mr Johnston went that Sunday he spent in Paris. As you all know we open the picture galleries on that day. On Sunday you will find tho Louvre thronged with working people and their families enjoying the masterpieces of art which the galleries contain— and a very pleasant sight it is. Mr Johnston, lam certain, never saw any immorality there. Then where did he go ? We open the theatres on Sunday at a very chenp rate, and you will find them filled with people enjoying music performed by most admirable orohestras. You wi'l find no immorality among the audience. Where did he go ? "We open the churches even in Paris on Sunday and they are crowded in the morning. Mr Johnston will find no immorality there. Then where did he go. Aa the speaker left the pulpit, the "whole audience rose almost en masse, and turning to tho object of this brief address, exclaimed, " Johnston, where did you go?" For the occasion, I think Max O'Rell employed legitimate enough weapons of argument. — Sydney Herald.