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19 retiring from the door of the Church on a Sabbath evening. The Minister, who had just risen to announce the opening hymn wore a full beard which was a novelty in the pulpit in that day. "Do you think I would hear that billy-goat preach?" said the indignant old man who was very sure that no orthodox gospel could come from between heterodox whiskers. Trifles as light as this are magnified by prejudice from mole hills into mountains. It sometimes takes sides with passion, self will and self interest in depreciating, vexing and overthrowing the influence of some noble and faithful but sensitive Christian worker. X was killed by passion & prejudice joined hand to hand. The disciple must not be above his Lord. And many a disciple has met the same fate. To carry the illustration a slip further. I believe that more homes are blighted, more characters are ruined by sly innuendoes aimed by prejudice than