24 AUGUST 1895, Page 16

ABSENT-MINDEDNESS.

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Sin,—The following text I have seen on a grave-board in Okewood Churchyard, Surrey :—" The Lord hath need of him." This quotation from the Bible refers to our Lord's want of an ass to ride into Jertualem.—I am, Sir, &c., F. C. S.