Common Religious Curiosities

l. A professor of religion praying with great fervour that God would convert the world, yet never giving a farthing for missions.

2. A man getting shouting happy and telling how much he loves the cause of God, and how much he is willing to deny self, yet fretting and scolding if any one asks for a little money.

3. A Christian brother, very much opposed to any thing like ornamenting our churches, such as furnishing them with blinds, carpeting the aisles, or cushioning the pulpit; yet furnishing his own dwelling with rich carpets, astral lamps, and splendid sofus.

4. A man who has a periodical headache, returning every Sabbath morning.

5. A man who dare not expose his health by going to church on a stormy Sabhath, yet is very robust the next Monday, and can sled wood all day, though it storm and blow.