A Test of Hard Times.
A. minister wished to ascertain what influence the hard times had upon his congregation, and. said, at the close of his sermon—" I would ask everyone who still is able to pay his., debts to rise frotu his seat." The whole congregation .arose, . with the exception of one man. The paraon then asked that all those who were unable to meet their bills .Bhottld rise. Thereupon the afovemehtiOned solitary indiy|dual got uj^a huajgry-looking, pqpFly, cl^ mah^jftgpe, f Mures r revese4pthe terrible struggle of one fighting boj?«lssa)y against tho vicissitudes of thia world, The minister regarded him attentively, yet kindly. "How i 8 it, riylHend/; he said, "that you are the, only J oiie among ajl thpsa Pj^ i ||i : a-ebts 'f* 41 Sir," answered the man, hesitating&. >^I publish a newspaper^ and the^iny brothers who rose just now are aH sabgoribers, and- — " But the minUter interrupted him hastily, ** Let us pray," be said Evangelischer Botoe/tajler, Berlin.
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Manawatu Herald, 17 January 1895, Page 3
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161A Test of Hard Times. Manawatu Herald, 17 January 1895, Page 3
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