IN HIS SHIRT SLEEVES.

A GOOD story is told of a "country gentleman," who, for the first time,

heard an Episcopal clergyman preach. He had read much of the aristocracy

and pride of the church, and when he returned home he was asked if the

people were "stuck up." "Pshaw! no," replied he, "why the minister

preached in his shirt-sleeves."

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