The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-19

valuable paper not long since an excellent
article entitled. The Church Tramp" 1t
10 evident the writer OF that article Ia an
observer Of no mean ability. He struck
tile nail on the head and administered o
blow In the right direction, and 1t ts hoped
the Church Tramp" will cease to tramp
from church to church In quest of a
church home. after seeing his photograph
so clearly drawn In the aforesaid article.
But, what shall we say OF the church
kicher, who teels his mission is only TO
KICK In the church, That the church Ia
| afflicted with this kind OF people none will
doubt. IL is said that the sons OF God
met once upon time to confer together
| and the devil met with them.
This modern devil is sometimes to be
found In The different boards OF the local
churches He votes No" by voice or ac-
tion In the trustees meetings. He sees
nothing In the right light and worse oil all
IL he knowes nothing but kick everything
In the regular line Of business and thinks
| 1t smart to do 30.
He IL very pious, and nice too, yes, In
deed. and he waDts to respect everybody's
feelings. He would not do anything to
hurt the cause of the churcn, no. indeed.
| ASK his grooeryman II his piety prompts
him to pay his bills which have almost
| become 0utlawed by the time llmit2 The
groceryman drops his head and exclaims
| with shake OF his head, Alas Alas! ''He
| has bills on my book that he has refused
to pay after he has promised to lay from
ime to time" No. Indeed, he cannot vote
to hold festival, supper. concert or any
| hing else In the church to raise means to
| keep up the expenses Of the church.
He 10 opposed to decorating the house
OF God In that way. In his humble exalt.
! cd judgment his refusal to pay his honest
| iebts does net hurt the church. No, In.
Iced. that is Dobody's business. but 1t is
Ills business to see that tho church be
| Kept clean of all questionable entertain
| inents. His conscience Ia very sensitive to
everything but his financial obligations.
lie studies how little lie can give to the
| church himself and Kicks against suppers
| aud festivals to keep the church from get
Ing what he ought TO pay himself.
His church bills, are like his grocery
bills. gray with dish0nonorahle delay in
payment. He 10 the most honest man In
the Church; 1t would he wrong for htn to
| pay any thing to the church when he owes
my body eise. He must save hls money
o pay Ills outstanding bills. His ered-
| iors call OH him and he will 10 sure to
| pay next week, or the very next pay he
1 gets from the shop. And thus 1t goes
from time to time and mother his church
| bills nor any other bills are paid. There
| is one way he never fails to pay, viz by
kicking.
He is in the community to keep the
Church straight. 1t would be Impossible
| lur The Church to got along without him.
no hhoWb 30 muGu more tDan any one mas
an Idea he does. The class leaders do not
lead their eiasses right They are too
| long or too dry, or there is something
wrong. They ought to be turned out and
get some one else In their place. He
| could recommend leaders to the pastor
that would Just ill the biz. put tile
pre- icher Is 30 slow too slow, entirely to
| recognize the value OF his advice.
lie. this kicking devil. will have that
| sleepy, slow preacher removed just as
| soon as he gets chance. He says our
church is suffering, we want live man.
Tor We are live people and will mako 10
| lively for this slow preacher by kicking.
| and VIII Keep OIL kicking In the different
| church boards am oI until am hoard !;
30 his kicker goes out among the people
asking guestlone about the preacher and
the various memhers OF his family as to
how they are liked.
| AS for his part, he does not want TO find
| fault, for he Ia too loyal to the church to
| do that He only wants things to go
| Fight. and IL is his business to see that
| they do. That ls ALL excspt he has nude
up his mind 10 leave the church IL tho
preacher is returned another year The
| church could not, OF course get along
without these kickers for they pay as ittle
| as possible or nothing ut all, and the
church would die. yes, indeed IL would, II
they were not around to kick evsryb body
aud everything they see We need re.
kicker II is strange We do not have 1t,
but the fact is the preacher doesn't do his
duty. don't want to hnd fault, and l
won't, no won't.
Indeed L think 1t would be shame to
| do that. Do you go to PRAYER meeting,
some one asks2 No don't must confess
and rarely ever get to class meeting. L
get TO church about once on Sunday that
Is all can do. My other time Is taken up
In the lodges and church work. 1t must
be done md must do 4. The lodges too
like the churches, are cursed by these
souiess and interruptions kiekers.
These klckers do the cause of the relI.
gion OF Christ more harm than iniidelity.
They oause people TO lose confidence in
tho church; more inildels are made by
them than they have ever been the means
OF saving. Their spiritual garments are
mookery and stencil. and their lives an
! Infamous libel against the cause OF reig-
lon. They expect to get to heaven when
they die. Their only chance will be in
that day the devil, whom they serve, ie
crowned a saint