FAITH.
Archdeacon Allen tells of a clergyman, who going to plead for a mission in a country church, was much disheartened by finding exactly six sleepylookiug people to address. He was half inclined to cut short his discourse,“but by the time prayers were over, he resolved to give them of his best and leave the rest to God. As he preached he thought that at least upon one old man he was making some impression, but before the alms were collected the old man left the church. Bitterly disappointed, the clergyman was engaged in entering in a book the small amount which had been collected, when the runaway, who was a retired farmer and had the reputation of being somewhat close-fisted, returned, and putting down a leather bag with ,£IOO on the table, said, “There, sir, I shall not forget you next year,” Nor did he! He became an annual and liberal subscriber to the Mission.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 901, 6 October 1910, Page 4
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156FAITH. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 901, 6 October 1910, Page 4
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