79. A GOOD WORD FOR THE DEVIL
A conference preacher one day went into the house of a Wesleyan Reformer, and saw the portraits of three expelled ministers suspended from the walls.
"What!" said he, "have you got them hanging there?"
"Oh! yes," was the answer; "they are there."
"Ah! well; but one is wanted to complete the set."
"Pray, who is that?"
"Why, the devil, to be sure."
"Ah!" said the Reformer, "but he is not yet expelled from the Conference."