A Few Remarks

At the weekly conference meetings the Rev. Dr. Blank was a good deal pestered by a zealons brother wlio was very mnch edified by his own exhortations, and it was often deenied necessary to " head him off," by calling on somebody else to speuk or pray jnst as he was about to begiu. On one occasion, as he roso to speak, tho pastor gently interrupted him by saying: " Brother, will you lead us in prayer?" The brother hesitated but a moment, and made answer : " I was about to offer a few remarles, but perhaps I can tlirow them into the form of a prayer! "