CLERICAL REPARTEE

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Aug 14, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 40.

CLERICAL REPARTEE.

A good story is told of the Methodist Bishop Ames, that, while presiding over a certain conference in the West, a member began a tirade against universities and education, thanking God that he had never been corrupted by contact with a college. After proceeding thus for a few minutes, the bishop interrupted with the question, "Do I understand that the brother thanks God for his ignorance?" "Well, yes," was the answer, "you can put it that way if you want to." "Well, all I have to say," said the bishop in his sweetest musical tones, "all I have to say is that the brother has a good deal to thank God for."—Selected.