SIMPLICITY.

THE Bishop of Oxford, having sent round to the churchwardens in his

diocese a circular of inquiries, among which was:--"Does your

officiating clergyman preach the gospel, and is his conversation and

carriage consistent therewith?" The churchwarden near Wallingford

replied:--"He preaches the gospel, but does not keep a carriage."

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