Sleepy Parsons.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2905, 22 May 1888, Page 3

Sleepy Parsons.

JtfFhe Cornhill Magazine for March contains some amusing reminiscences of a clergyman. One parson of his youth, lie said, went fast asleep while lie was preaching. He was always slow, and on this occasion got slower and slower till he stopped altogether. Tjliis woke up those who nodded, and on ||kiiig towards the pulpit they saw him sleeping while he stood. He passed from a sermon into a snore. So did another preacher in Rutland shire, as related on the authority of a "parson there." This second sleeper had gone to take the duty for a neighbor a few miles off, in August. He walbedto the church, and, being in good time, looked into the vicarage. A servant said: " You seem tired, sir; won't you have a glass of ale after your walk ?" Yes, he would, and he did; and felt refreshed. The afternoon, however, was very hot, and the rustic congregation, who had been reaping and binding all the week, mostly fell asleep. There was a nasal luurmuring among the people. The tas, too, were wide open, and the Wmble bees sailed slowly down the aisle, adding to the hum. Thus when the preacher went into the pulpit lie caught the sentiment of the congregation, and, after putting his face reverently between his hands for a few seconds, remained in the same fast asleep.