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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Sep 22, 1898

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 24, No. 38.

GOOD LOGIC.

A PARENT asked a priest his boy to bless, Who forthwith said that he must first confess. “Well,” said the boy, “suppose, sir, I am willing, What is your charge?”—“To you it is a shilling.” “Must all men pay, and all men make confession?”— “Yes, every man of Catholic profession.” “Then whom do you confess to?”—“Why, the dean.” “And does he charge you?”—“Yes, a whole thirteen.” “Then do the deans confess?”—“Yes, sure they do, Confess to bishops, and pay smartly, too.” “Do bishops, sir, confess? If so, to whom?”— “Why, they confess, and pay the pope of Rome.” “Well,” quoth the boy, “all this is mighty odd. And does the pope confess?”—“O, yes, to God!” “And does God charge the pope?”—“No,” quoth the priest, “God charges nothing.” “O, then, God is best! God, then, is able to forgive, and willing; To Him I will confess and save my shilling.”

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