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“I GUESS YOU CAN COME.”
– We heard a good story a day or two ago, which we tell, mauger
the risk of its being second-handed; and it is too good a story to offend
even those whose sect it hits. Some good lady, at the outset of Universalism,
conceived a holy horror at the blasphemy of its bold supporters in pretending
that all would be saved. It is preposterous, outrageous; in the spirit
that filled her, she wouldn’t have a man in her house who believed
in the abominable doctrine. She kept a boarding house and applied a test
of belief to all who sought to obtain board. The first who offered was
a sea captain, and she began with –
“Do you believe that all the world will be saved?” “No, madam,” said he. “How many do you think will be damned?” continued she. “Oh!” said he, “I don’t know – perhaps a million.” “Well,” the old lady remarked, in tone of content, “well that’s better than none at all; I guess you can come.” – Lynn’s Reporter. Main Menu - Shop Online - Email Us
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