Well Timed. Signed “EGD” (Edward Dalziel). Source: Fun (2 October 1878): 144. Click on image to enlarge it.
Parson: — “Sorry to see you sleep so much in church, Mrs. Barkins.”
Mrs. B.: — “Sleep. Sir. No, Sir.”
Parson: — “I’m sure you cannot tell me what my last sermon was about.”
Mrs. B.: — “About, Sir? Yes, Sir, about half-an-hour too long.”
Victorian Preachers and Their Sermons
- A Vexed Question Settled (cartoon in Fun)
- A Visitation (cartoon in Fun)
- What did you think of the Bishop’s sermon?
- The Victorian Sermon (homepage)
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