In the temple of old the swallow found a nest for herself where she might lay her young; but this is the first time we ever knew of the conference of such honors on the Felis domestica.

It could not have been anything mercenary that took the old cat into the pulpit, for "poor as a church mouse" has become proverbial.

Nothing but lofty aspirations could have taken her there, and a desire that her young should have advantages of high birth.

If in the "Historical Society" there are mummied cats two thousand years old, much more will post-mortem honors be due this ecclesiastical Pussy.
We see many churches in city as well as town that need rehabilitation and reconstruction.

People of a neighborhood have no right to live in houses better constructed than their church.