"Aif'oM (briny who was asked If, In "his experience, prayer was overansworod, replied jl,''i"WblUsali,' some pra’rs is onsad an’.some Isn't"'ponds on w'at you axes 'foV Jest arter Ue wah, 'wen,Jf was mighty"hard "scratchln' id’'do culliid breddfen, J ’bssrvod dal w’enobber I pway'do L’od to sen' one o’Marso Peyton's fat turkeys to’ do ole man, dero was no notice took of tdo partition but w'en I pway dat ho would son' do ,o!o tuba to’ do turkey, do matter wn/t ’tended bofo' sun-up nsx'nloimln', rteadsartln 1" ' VVrnal the late" Bishop of Oxford was (ravelling eastward to l attend tho Ohuroh Congress at '.Norwich, a lady,sitting opposite to him commonted in flattering terms on the eloquence and ability of the, groat Anglican divine,' quite -unconscious that she.was addressing him, ■ But whyi'slr/'i she addodj . :do people call Idm Soapy Sam'/" “'Well, madam, •;replied tho Bishop, “ 1 suppose It is because he has always boon in a good-deal'of hot c water, and. - , always msnageii to come out with clean hands.’* ... • :
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5366, 8 June 1878, Page 3
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