The Tailor And Dean Swift
A tailor in Dublin, near the residonce of the Dean, took it into his head that he was specially and divinoly inspirad ■ to uterpret the prophecy's, Hnd cspeo ially the book of Kevelutious. Quittiug ■ the shopboard, he turucd out a preucher, or rathor a prophut, until his eustomers had lcft his shop, and his family was Iikeiy to famish. His moaoiuHiiia was well known to Doai) Swift, who bonevolently watched for ome cODveuiuut opportuuit.y to tunj the current oí bis thoughts. One uight the tailor, as he fancied, got a revela tion to go and convert Dean Swift, and the next inormng took up his line of inarch for the deanery. The Dean, wbose study was furuished with a glass door, eaw tho tailor approaeb, and instantly surmised the uature of his errand. Throwing himself iuto au attitude of solemnity, and his eyes fixed on the tenth ohapter of Revel .tions, he awaited bis approuch. The door opened and the tailor announced, in his unearthly voico : ',' Dean Swift, I am sent by the Al mighty to announoe to you - " " Oorae in, my friend," said the Dean, " I ara in great trouble, and no doubt the Lord has 6ent you to help rae out of my diffloulty." The unexpeoted weloome ingpired the tailor, strengthened greaily his assuranee in his own prophetic character, and dis posed him to listen to the disclosnre. " My friend," said the Dean, " I have just been reading the tenth chapter of Revelaüons and am greatly distressed at a difficulty I have met with ; aod you are the very man to hulp rae out. Here is the account of an angel that camo down froin heaven, who was so large that he placed one foot on the sea, and the other ou the earth, and lifted up his hands to heaveu. Now my knowledge if mathernatics," continued the Dean, " enables me to calcúlate exactly the size and form of the angel ; but I ara in grcat difficulty, {or I wish to ascertaiü how much cloth it will take to mnke him a pair of breeehes, and as that is in your line of business, I have no doubt the Lord has sent you to show me." The suddea exposition carne like an eleetric shock to the poor tailor. He rushad from the house, ran to his shop, and a auick revulsión of thought and feeling eatne over him. Making breeoh es was exactly his line of business. He returned to his ocoupation thoroughly eured of his prophetic revelations by the wit of the Dean.
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