Laying Up Treasure for Heaven.
Francis Baylies, an historian of note, on returning from a church meeting one Thanksgiving Day, met Nicholas Tillinghast, one of the most humorous and also one of the most eloquent of the members of the Bristol County bar, in the sitting-room of an hotel.
In the course of the conversation which ensued Mr. Baylies said to Mr. Tillinghast:
"I have deposited a ten-cent piece in the contribution-box, to be placed on interest until I reach heaven."
Mr. Tillinghast replied:
"Ah, yes! That will amount to a very large sum before you will be admitted there."