INNOCENT EMBARRASSMENT.
There are a good many stories which are not to be found in Dean Ramsay's collection; and the following is one of them. It was narrated over a glass ?ol whisky toddy by a well known minister of the Free Kirk :—•
" Dr M'Tavish is a Presbyterian divine in Scotland. After morning service ho holds a catechetical examination. At this trying ordeal adults as well as juveniles are expected to appear. One female petitioner persistently absented herself. "On a certain Sunday the minister overtook the rebellious sheep on her way to the kirk. He reasoned with her. Mrs Brown —such was the lady's name—explained tbat her acquaintance with, theology was of the smallest possible dimensions, and that she did not care to be put to shame before the lambs of the flock. Whereupon that good man, the clergyman, assured the modest dame that,if she promised to remain on that Sabbath, ho on his part would promise to giro her an easy question. The sheep followed, and joined the congregation. Much reassured, she remained for the examination.
" Having asked a number of questions of various members of his congregation, Dr M'Tavish at last came to Mrs Brown with, his easy question. .- " . "What is the Seventh Command* ment!" he asked in a kindly tone. [' . •' Mrs Brown rose. She blushed Violently. She looked hopelessly at the congregation, and ejaculated, more, in sorrow than in anger—
"Ah, Doctor M'Tavisb, after, what passed between us on the road this morning, I did na think ye'd ask me that question!" ■ :
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2518, 31 January 1877, Page 2
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255INNOCENT EMBARRASSMENT. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2518, 31 January 1877, Page 2
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