Revivalist Services.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3786, 15 February 1881, Page 3

Revivalist Services.

* • jSoene :—Auckland. i ACT I. - J ,'"' XltoOJI ih Gbebn's Hottse. j ■Sawier Md: from then I>M been a MEbe Scripture saith-Give no thought fa* tb* morrow,' said my spouse, and I to*W»iriy the words, of the Boob, and Srels^bthrag in the house. On hearitf|4i» I rushed to the nearest slayer of b<&tii,; and purchased a pound of succuSkak, But when I got bapk home, my wifehWgoneto a morning pr-yep meetSS'Wr'ffi fire was out. She had also £&n the keys of the safe, and I was left S^refikM: with Duke Humphrey. im%ffil*o to keep my wife from (He meditates). _Ha! Ihav/itJ I will steal her boots. (Does so^No^perhaps we may haye comfort •*«?•"..• ".;■:.':".,"'...■.-*>* ™ -■>•!■• ■ • AOj. 11. MrV'^ii (preparing td start for prayer vmwtiag) :- M Where ar^ *»y boots ? ' Oi,fPr the sanda} B of the Jewlsn Eaßbiv-tKe^ would I go in sackcloth to the Ho^se,of prayer." (Hunts all over the' house, • but finds no boots.) This haa been done brtay wicked Greea, who fastfeoetkto: perdition. Yea! The Derii hath* hold on him, and he hath stolen my boots. (Cries,) " But no, I will go bare foot?, anil my wicked and thoughtless husband' 'shall not prevent me from .the Christian path of duty. Ha! I see a pair of.Wellington's, 111 g? in them; (She does*ad,' and goesclattenngalong toe street like a eaf in pattens.) ;,■ ACT 111. Eater HHBband,,7 p.m. (fire out, all in iarkaess? no wife): "I have been foiled; how has my wife got to these services? I wo&er-What they are! Happy thought, I will mi John. (Sends John with infltraetibos to bring him back all the news fflf the services; John goes). . T ACT IV. Enter John, la a frantic state :—" Oh matter, them is rum services. There wai a man a preachin' and a prayin', and afterwards he came and paired us off, calling « B brothers and sisters, and J thought it was wwf nice, especially as I had hold of a nice yb»ng>omaa as I was a huggin />n She knelt 4own, and Lor, I was Shocked; for She had Wellington boots on, arhich reached up to her knees. GsLsn- "Ah, now I see how JC hajrej fceettafe Miserable man .that I am. I'll get a djyorce, for.x can t live in; such * state of couaufta* misery. Say, Joy, Mi they do anything fih® P^t pray t Bow ■■ " Yes, Bir, all yopng men fri'Mcd all the women, when the gas was limed lew, *nd the old man who .was * ™avin J cam© «oand and kissed all the' 'fomales saying it w»«"* feiss a-piece; ■Treen: "SFdeath! TU r here no ionW. My wife is wife no longer .Jpt £?wa»«Jical friends keep her and welcome. Oh that I had never joined SfStdW.. Voj, wait until I have lone, and tell your # mistress that Ive joined-the Mormons. . J fTableau and Cortain.]