The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-03-15
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My subject to some people may seem
| TO be somewhat peculiar and inopportune.
but it would appear that the novelty of
the subject itself is more philosophical.
| than sophlstical when properly Analysed.
| We may be at loss to know why the
| church has tattlers within her pale never :.
| fheless we are only too painfully aware
they are there. They are the elements
| mt ost to be feared and kept oiear Of be.
cause. as arule, they are unreliable and
dangerous.
What constitutes church tattler? What
is his business. and what docs he do? 1t is
not difficult to answer as tc what.constitu.
| tes the church tatter, now Is 1t a hard
task to decphor his business. but to tell
what he viii! do. almost too ponderous
problem to attack. in the first place he Is
talkHtive very talkative regarding the
business of the church to insiders and
those oui uiside OF the church. He is frequent.
| ly found in tho official boards Of the
churches. and not unfrequently he is only
private memher with nothing else to do
but talk. talk. talk. all tie time about
matters In the church.
How badly everything goes In every de.
partment OF tho work. 1t would give
| you the rigors to hear their doleful. sad
and witherlnR tales poured out as they
walk the streets or stand on the street
corners or sit around some barber shop or
store, or in the work shop, harplng away
day after day. Everything these poor
tattlers see forms Il subject of conversa-
| tlon to tattle about. Tattllng is their
business. indeed it Is tue only trade they
ever learned. They learned that when
very young; 1t has become a kind OF eec-
ond nature with them now. it Is their
habit All they know or do.
We read of thom In the Bible when
Jesus was on the earth as, The accusers
devils. .and talking devils in tho
days OF Jesus; some OF them entered 1.-The
swine and so crazed them they ran Into
| the sea anu we're drowned. Even the poor
| ewine to get rid OF these torInentIng pes
terinR. talking devils, destroyes them
selves. DO you wonder that church
with just few of these tattlinR. slander.
Ing fellows. seeking to know all they can,
and more too. II possible. that. like the
angels OF destruction may pour out their
walls OF wrath on the heads of all they
| may chance to envy.
| They go from church to church and
from one place to another, telling all the
gossip thore ls In their nelRhbOrnood. and
withal they are excellent In talebearin U
between friends to make mischief. They
| are greedy to Rnow about private affairs
In families and individual matters, that
they may tEjure people and set things in
tumult Deacon Jones In his quiet way
says. "Dr. DanduD. do you think these
paople. these tattiere, are rellgiouS7" Well,
this ls a question. They seem to be re-
ligious. but their conduct shows them 10
be empty and devoid OF any good thing.
like the clouds without rain and the cis-
tel ns without water" referres. to by Jude.
| lnebe IulAinB, DuSy-DOuleB ODSeEN6 Just
how everything ls done. they even notice
| iust how every one parts his hair. anu the
different styles OF dtess arc Just devoured
| by them during service. or they sink away
to peacef ul sleep during the sermon. oi
hold their heads In their hands, pulling
| their neck down between their shoulders
with the air OF their knowledge and i'm.
| portRnce. Uf course they are important,
and as for their knowledge tho world
would be n dark region to live in II they
were not ia 1t to enlighten 1t with their
tatllinR.
They tattle about the choir and all the
eiDRer5, and the organist comes in for his
share with the rest My, didn't Mr.
Boxey sing loud this IN morning2 he almost
gave NE the earache with his loud notes,
end Miss Baxter, why. she almost tore
ber mouth up by opening it too vide. The
organ Is getting squeaky, and was tell
ing our trustees a lew days ago We ought
to have a new one. indeed | think we
ought to have new carpet. chairs, Bible
and hymnal for the pulpit
| II noticed this morning they looked
shabby. but we will have to reduce the
preachers salary before we do that We
ought to have change In the spring. l
think will go and SEQ il ! can't do some.
! thing TO get the man we have away. He
! don't suit, he has DseiI here too long.
will 90 and see what l can DO TO get him
away, but don't want him to know It,"
So this tattler saliies forth seeking
whom he may devour, 30 he goes to writ.
ing letters to the powers that have the
appointments in hand or goes to see them
and pours into their ears n volley Of com :
plants about thugs in general. lie gives
his views OH matters great and small. and
ais he has made quite an impression.
SO he has. and 1t don't take q wise man
to see the kind he has mAde.
According to this tattiing DEVILS report
the world Is upside down, and In the opin
Ion of the church will be until his official
head Is cut oil or he is expelled. FOR lying
from the church. ALI good people would
join In day of thanksgiving over his
ecclesiastical denth and the angels wo uld
join IN good hearty amen.