River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-11-22
THE JOURNAL.
RIVER FALLS, NOVEMBER %, 1872.
a U.roO I.cCture. In two
PARTS.
BIT BOB.
PART ONE,

they not be required to do 1t free.
Hence I assume the responsibility Of
one free lecture in two parts
But now since tho ministers of our
country always lecture the people, I
propose to lecture them. And, as you
will very readily see, they certainly
need lecture now and then, as we'll as
other people. They think they can
and do improve US by their suggestions
aud precepts, and I think l can i'm
prove them. Hence my lecture.
But ! desire to prepare them, in my
preliminaries, for ''scorcher. That
10 TO say, for plain talk--no whipping
them over the devils back, or the back
Of any other sinner. but real practical,
common sense lecture, we'll condensed
pungent, bold, conclusive, theoretical
practical. Why not?
You see / am cgotisticsl AMI posi
tive in my egofism-oi course l am
and it remains for the reader to pass
Judgment upon-not my lecture alone
but upon my opinion Of myself: In
this respect have only initiated those
am about to address.
But l am carrying this matter of i'm
itation quite too far. by making too
many preliminary renarks. And this
is the result Of their example. So +
qui:-ths preliminar,es-but begin
my lecture.
And here i. scotland it runneth
thusly:
Make no excuses If you are about
the Lords work. do it; if about your
own work. do it; you are about no
body's work, hold your peace. As I
have already intimated, you should
make short introductions. I believe in
eating the best part of the meal FIRST,
and never spoil my appetite for dinner
by eating too much thin soup; hence I
recommend that the best points be
mado at the beginning, being careful to
stop when you get through. Never
get prosy-ncver whes your razor after
IT - once keen, nor use it long after it
gets dull. Avoid the mistake that I
have made, and never DO egosistical.
That is, leave self out, and put Jesus
~ Defend the right, and not yourself.
People will tell some urpalarable truths
about you, as we'll as about ether folk.
For these things be thankful. Yes.
thank Satan, even, for the reminder.
IT You learn YOUR own faults-no mat.
ter who from.-takc good care to benefit
by the report. Either get your pay
promptly, or say nothing about it.
Constant grumbling mars the beauty of
che face, and takes the fire all out Of
the eye. If money don't come of
preschiug, then 81 to work-that will
fetch it, You can raise your own grub.
Throw the old cravat over the fence,
unbutton your shirt collar and give the
blood free transit--nos a sick one.
keep cool Yourself, but warm up your
hearers. Never get too far ahead of
then. lest YOU bre,k the connection. or
possibly your own neck. The drive
wheels Of an engine will just '.whiz" on
slippery track. bat they araw heav-
Ter load when they move slowly.
Tho blacksmith uses cold hammer
30 bend hot iron. and he vets the
face OF the Hammer often 10 keen il
cool and smooth Blow steadily At the
bellows, and keep the hearts Of your
hearers warm. BE not too noisy. and
never make yourself fountain Of tears
since too much water stops the wheel
OF the mill, and sense 10 often lost in
noise. Avoid extremes. Full vessels
have peculiar sound. but empty ones
ring the Iondest. Powder makes a
noise, but the bullet does tho cxecu.
tiou. Thunder sometimes cxcites fear,