ILLUSTRATING A TEXT. Preaching in a country church in the West of Inland, with the doorsand windows open (writes a correspond--ent in "The Standard"), a clergymam chose the text, St. Luke xiii., 34, 35 r "Oh, Jerusalem . . . how of tent would I have gathered thy children to-; _ gcther as a hen doth gather her brood* under her wings," eto. About th* middle of the sermon he heard the ominous ''cluck, cluck, cluck/ just outside the window, and, looking uot, saw a hen and several chickens following, her. In a few minutes she and herbrood walked in through the west door,, and several yards up the passage, before the parish clerk roused himself tor expel the intruders.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12634, 23 October 1905, Page 5
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116Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12634, 23 October 1905, Page 5
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