The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-01-14

Jones, the two DellwGthcrS or the Lao.
dicea flock, 1" Don't you think, Brothe er
Jones, that it is time for our church to
mako u change and call another
preacher? I've been fcelin' tho
pulses Of the brethren and sisters, and
| find that most Of them think liko
do. Brother Heater. our present pas
tor, WAS powerful when he first took
charge OF I4aodicea, but tho church
has got back into its cold state, and |
believe worse than ever, and, in my
opinion, If tho church don't got nu-
other preacher, and that soon, it's
going to frceZ to death"
"l'vc been thinking that way myself
for some time" says Brother Jones.
And when the bcllwcthcrs put their
heads together they are sure to carry
the llock their way. The "call day"
comes and the Laodicca church goes
into Il call, after praying for the Di-
vine guidance, by which Brother
Brown, who made the prayer, meant
his and Brother Joncs's guidancc-the
guidance OF the two Old hcllwcthcrs
And the prayer was answered Just as
he meant and wanted it.
Well. the "rall is made. and the
result Is that Brother Heater, who is
now Brother Freezer, has to 90 and
give peace to Brother ll0tbrick, who
Is unanimously called. For 4 while
there i, nobody like Brother Hot
brick. l.lodicca has found the right
man at last The congregations are
! larger than they ever were before.
And from the way the LaodiccanS talk
and bram about the Rcv. EIotbrick,
there Is not another SuCn preacher in
| the big state OF Georgia. nor in little
! South Carolina. Hut in less than a
| year Br0thvr IiUthricK begins to be
| l,,,l, ( Ia l,,i \ I,,t r.t
stay hot forever, ana the feet Of the
brethren ;,mj sisters 1T LlUulrCa are us
Geld a. ice. Thcy arc MOI "luXcw;Lm"
now, Dul "CoIG' sure cnUGGh. They've
got an Hwtni chtll
The chill Na, been coming ON some
time. hut the i.Aodiccans made so
much fuss over Brother IIu,brck
when tHry first got him that I'll were
ashamed 10 complain OF cole - ,Or
some time. There wrrc sever things
that cooled Brother ilUtbriuk III them
One was thai the Rrv. llotbr lick went
To ,.aOulcc;t, Il young man. and uumar-
riCu, and when he made uU his mind
to he the husband Of one wife and he
c,uo" lie couldn't bc the husband Of
every cd sisters daughter who wH-
anxious 70" mrr daughter To nc the
wife ~ Il poor Baptist preacher. that
inadr the WHO.u oIsturNUOd very hot
H%Hlnst him. hut made him worry cold
10 th"m, 50 thu, in their opinion Il
change Of preachers was made ncccs-
nitry. .\md brNjurs making the women
! mad n"rau:c he couldn't marry law
! Iu!Iy more than lone wife, he had
! got tn" Ill viii OF some OF tho brethren,
| for one reason and another, and there
WAS opposition to him, which wns
! growing. This coming to the knOwl-
edge OF the two old bnLlwcthcrs Of the
! h""dir@% flock, who unfortunately
wrr" stiIl living, they said: We'll,
the time u call preacher for
| next year Will soon be here ana the
sooner We get rid OF Brother HOtbricll
the better. Religion never was as
cold in l.AodicuA church as il is under
his ministry. llr has been ANYTHING
OuL hot brick ,n l.aodicca And
thrn we can't "N rrd 70 have our
church dlVidrd ON pastor. Divisions
. about preachers viii kill a churci
. quicker tham anything else" Min,
AuN, IL was thu guidance Of the Two Olt
=. hriiw"thrrs, Drnrun- Brown and Jones
: that rAllrd iiroth"r ilotbrirk TO l.aodi
r"h. Well, the nUN,uusly looked fo
- "All day has CONF. There - tn,
! usual talk about " the cold state" O
in" "Inrch, and OF course Brother Hot
. brick. nov Brother COldbriclI, is mad,
r">pon~, pir for II. ANA the hrllwcthcr.
say II" has got To 20. " Bring another
, not brick: tHi, one is rOiu." on" O
lh" N'ItWrjhr =, OF the LnOdicru nocr
n"mlnIIr> for The "caIl, for tn,
On 'uiuG year. one BrOthc!. Scorchrr
OF whom H. hA, heard wonderful ac.
counts and thinks that he is the very
preacher for !.touicca.
Brother Scorchcr is called. But he's
to" hot Il brick hos II scorcbcr, sure
enough. lie scurchcs the brethren
t"r drinking whiskcy, and for their
cnNcl0uncSs, and thc women for dane
III and paying more attention TO tn,
outward than to tho inward adorn
mcnts. They don't want that sort @
warming mp. And now they arc going
TO scorch Brother Scorchcr. It's
time OF high political excitement IN,
party spirit, when every man is gatC h
cd very closely to find out whore IA
stands.
, And from certain things that Bro
thcr Scorchcr said in his preaching h.
gave great offence To the free silvc
men. who at Oncc published him a
prcachin" in the interest Of the gol,
bugs. For Instance ON one occasion, il
describing the g,orics Of the New Jcru
Saicm, hr said that its streets were
paved with GOlu.' which the silver
men in his church took as hit at free
silver.
bat they couldn't say anything, and
, just Grittcd thcir teeth saving &c
themselves: "Ncvcr mind, old fellow
Wei take it out sot your gold hide
next call day. 1t amt far on" And
no doubt thCy'll do it. And when Bro
< thcr SG"rchcr leaves Laodicca it cam
, be said that h" left it in very colo
iIt Iva, l..f, :,