p. 7 | Purgatory by Leslie Littell

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jan 24, 1911

Purgatory

By Leslie Littell

A CATHOLIC, who lived near us in Ontario, Canada, died, and the priest came and told his wife that the bottom had fallen out of purgatory, and that her husband was clinging on the rim. If it was not fixed, he would fall down through into the lake of fire, and burn, and burn, and burn. He said five dollars would fix it and save her husband from the dreadful torture of the flames.

She did not have the money, so she sent her little boys over to her neighbor whom they were working for to borrow it. They told him that if he would loan the money to them they would work hard and pay it back.

He was short of money, and told them that if they needed food or clothing he would make arrangements for them at the store. But the little boys began to cry and plead so hard, that finally he told them that if they would tell him just what they wanted to do with it perhaps he could borrow the money for them.

So they told him what the priest had said, and began to cry worse than ever. He told them to go back and tell the priest, that if he would show him where purga

tory was, he would take his hired men and fix the bottom of it.

The boys ran home as happy as could be, and told the priest, who was waiting in his buggy for the money. He called down curses on their neighbor, and then cursed her and her children for working for such a man, and drove away in a passion.

She went to her neighbor to find out what the trouble was, and he took his Bible and showed her that there was no such place as purgatory.

LESLIE LITTELL.