Excessive PoLlrESEss.- Rowland Hill
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Excessive PoLIrENEs SIS. Rowland Hill,
was always annoyed when there happened
to be any noise in the chapel, or when any
thing occurred to divert the attention his
hearers from what he was saying On one
OCCASION, a few days before hs death, he
was preaching to one OF the most crowded
congregations that ever assembled to hear
him In the middle Of his discourse, he
observed a ,commolion in the gallery, For
some time he took no notice Of it, bat find
ing il increasing, he paused in his sermon
and, looking in the direction in which the
confusion prevailed, he exclaimed


'sWhats the matter there? The devil
seems to have got among you"


A plain counuy-looklng man immediate
ly started to his feet, and addressing Mr.
Hill in reply, said -


cs"tlSo, sir, it ar'nt the devil as is doing
it, lisa fat lady wot's tainted, and she's a
very fat 'uu, sir, as don't seem likely to
come too again in a hurry"


1ssOh, that's it, is it observed Mr.. Hill,
drawing his hand across his chin Z. then !
beg The lady's pardon-a the DEVILS too.''
7st PICTURE OF A MEAN MAN.


.4sfa,.s n Ii, BY DOW, JR.


My friends, too many OF you, (ciy folks,
especially are over inclined to meanness
know some who are so vastly lItle-~-lf
may be allowed to use the term-that when
they are brushed from earth into the de-
VIPs dust pan, the'oId chap will have to pui
on double magnIlyng spectacleS, and poke
for long while, among the rubbish ofmor-
tality, before he can find them. There is
nelghbor Tightfst, in some respects, wor-
thy member OF my congregation, and yet,
lregret to say, he is mean enough to chase
a,fat mosquito through FIVE mile swamp,
for'pthe sake OF his suet TO his credit,
however, he once made sacrifice for the
good cause BY putting an unfortunate look
ing penny IN the box, and gong supperless
to beds And nelghbor Stlck-in-the- mud
TOO, if he had the power, and could enrich
himself therby, would brush the silver stars
from the frmament, snatch the golden sun
from the sky, and sell the moon for brass
and if six pence was required at the gate OF
heaven, rather than pay the fee, verify be
lieve he would rise from his resting place
atmdnight, at and pick the lock with ten
penny nail.