Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-01
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fHrhis. said the returned MISSIONS
~ to the Poor Heather whom he had
brought over, sis a church"
And the Poor Heather greatly ad-
mired the church. By and by he ask
ed:
''Who is the fat man with the big
watch seal, who looks at the church
as though he thought some of putting
on a ffty-dOIlar bay window and rails
ing the rent $500 a year.
'"That is a trustee said the re-
turned missionary.
"He does most OF the praying I sup
pOse?' said the Poor Heather, who,
IN his blindness, knows very little
about the way we do these things.
''NO," said the returned missionary,
che doesn't believe in praying; he IS
Bob IngersOIl man and believes that
nobody doesn't know nothing and
that they know he knows they
don't. He Is not a member of the
Church, but he IS a good, clearheaded
business man, good manager, strong
on real estate deals, and so he's q
trustee. Doesn't take much of a Chris
tian to be a trustee, except In the
wants a good business man for trus-
the"
''And who Is the man who stands IN
the door and glares at the people as
they pass in and tries to keep them
Out?" asked the Poor Heather.
'"Ihat Is the sexton" replied the
missionary. "He doesn't believe in
opening the church for religious ser
vice at all. He says the church was
built to have swell weddings in, and
that for preaching and prayer meet
ings and other side shows of that
nature the trustee should hire hall. 4"
''Who IS the very young man who
pushes people out OF the way that he
may have room to pass IN, and stoops
very low as he enters the tWenty-foOt
door and sits directly under the
steeple lest he sh0uid strike his head
when he stands uD?''
THAT" said che returned mission
airy, ''is the new superintendent OF the
Sunday school. They are all that
way at first. By and by, when ne
has forgotten every line of his beauti
full speech. when there are distinguish
ed strangers present, when he has
started the wrong tune to an entirely
! strange hymn, and corrected himself
/ by striking the right tune on a key so
| high that the Chimes of Normandy
/ couldn't ring a second bass to it;
/ when he has thanked, fair square and
/ outright, on the first ten ques-
tons in his question box, he will
| know less by a ton then he does
now, and be a good, useful, earnest,
/ and humble superintendent. He's
! only young and new like an August
! persimmOn."
Here comes the owner of the
! church" the Poor Heather said. "He
looks as though he had decided to
! make pemmican of the sexton and
trustee, and not hold my service to-
/ day"
''No, that is not exactly the owner
| of the church" the returned mission
airy said; ''that is the leader of the
choir"
''WhO is that meek, timid little man
who is trying to creep in without let.
ting the sexton see HIM, and VINO has
just taken of his hat to the leader O
the chOir?"
ooh, that is only the pastor OF the
church, the returned missionary re
piled. "Wi you 60 inside?"
And the Poor Heather said he would
because ne rather guessed, from then
looks the sexton and the leader o
the choir had made up their minds to
settle that morning which of the two
would take the church and run it
Burdette.