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Story
May 31, 1895
The Oregon Mist
St. Helens, Columbia County, Oregon
What is this article about?
A bishop discovers a church clerk secretly using a half crown from the collection plate to encourage wealthier parishioners to donate generously by example.
Clipping
OCR Quality
98%
Excellent
Full Text
A Valuable Coin.
A well known bishop tells a story of a clerk at a village church who deliberately took half a crown out of the plate as he brought it up to the communion table and slipped it into his pocket.
"I saw him take it," said the bishop, "and intended to charge him with it at the end of the service, but carried away by the sublimity of the service I forgot all about it. Next day I remembered and spoke about it.
" 'Oh, sir,' said the old clerk, 'never you worry about that. That half crown has done good service for many years. I keep it to put down first, and then the gentry, seeing a poor man like me put 2s. 6d. in the plate, can't for shame give less.' "—London Tit-Bits.
A well known bishop tells a story of a clerk at a village church who deliberately took half a crown out of the plate as he brought it up to the communion table and slipped it into his pocket.
"I saw him take it," said the bishop, "and intended to charge him with it at the end of the service, but carried away by the sublimity of the service I forgot all about it. Next day I remembered and spoke about it.
" 'Oh, sir,' said the old clerk, 'never you worry about that. That half crown has done good service for many years. I keep it to put down first, and then the gentry, seeing a poor man like me put 2s. 6d. in the plate, can't for shame give less.' "—London Tit-Bits.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Church Collection
Half Crown
Clerk Trick
Benevolent Deception
What entities or persons were involved?
Bishop
Old Clerk
Where did it happen?
Village Church
Story Details
Key Persons
Bishop
Old Clerk
Location
Village Church
Story Details
A bishop observes a clerk taking a half crown from the collection plate during service, intending to confront him later but forgetting. The next day, the clerk explains he uses the coin to place it first in the plate, shaming the gentry into giving at least as much.