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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1471, 3 October 1885, Page 5 (Supplement)

Tho minister ;:of a fashionable chnrcl) once preached a sermon m Which he drew the picture of : a v^ry -beautiful heaven., . We would walk iq sunlit groyi3S, by the music of •waterf alls, and g^e puli on the araar-anthibe-fields. ,A;nd then, tpp^We shall;' know eaciiy other there," said the minister, ' and then he added, % e*tl be no strangers m; the New tJerusalem^ we'll all be v friends.V "ißeautiful !" said Deacon Sham, as he .-trotted down the aisle. " A lovely seimon J" said Miss ; Simpkins, as she pift her bony hand into tli'e minister's. 'She? was»; stopped by a poor mechanic, who came \ip and ad- • diessetl the preacheiy ''Mr--—-, I am glad wa sT)?>li vecognise each other up there." «'Tes,"said the minisfer, "it is one of the greatest consolations \. pf our religion." "Well, lam riglit "glad we Hhali know each other. Jt WjLJI a -gVeat changeV though -for I have attended your church for oyev four years, and lipho of. t-K« members of lihw society have reepghised me yet. Bn t— * we shall know each other, there.' "< V ' ■ ''"/-i "■'■