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replied, "I was told I could go to the church of my choice, and that is in New York."

141. The little boy was late for Sunday school, and the superintendent, seeing him slip in, detained him and asked him the reason. The boy shuffled his feet uncertainly for a moment, then blurted out: "I started out to go fishing instead, but my dad wouldn't let me."

The superintendent beamed broadly. "A wise father," he said. "He was quite right not to let you go fishing on a Sunday. Did he explain to you why?"

The little boy nodded. "Oh, yes, sir. He said there wasn't enough bait for the two of us."

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142. ''I've been racking my brains, but I can't place you," one man said to another at a gathering. "And you look very much like somebody I have seen a lot-somebody I don't like but I can't tell you why. Isn't that strange?"

"Nothing strange about it," the other man said. "You have seen me a lot and I know why you resent me For two years I passed the collection plate in your church."

143. Little Mary was much surprised when she received a half dollar on her fifth birthday. She kept it in her hands constantly, and finally sat down on a stool, looking intently at the coin.

Her mother said, "Mary, what are you going to do with your half dollar?"

''I'll take it with me to Sunday school," said Mary promptly. "I guess you want to show it to your teacher," suggested mother.

"Oh, no!" declared Mary. ''I'm going to give it to God. I know He will be as surprised as I am to get something besides pennies!"