The Marshall republican., 1911-01-27
POINTS FOR THE PASTOR.

Sister shsrps SHOVE Ns~ csmInis
Whsrs His Prsdsessssrs Failed.
"VYI ELI. I'm glad II II settled and
w we can know where We are
at" said Sister Sharpe ~ she
handed the new minister his second
cup of tea. at seems good to have q
reg'lar settled pastor once more. eve
II the vote to call you want altogether
unanimous. Some held out for Brother
Jaster that we had preach for MS a
few times. but I guess they won't
make no trouble because we called
you. Now that you are to come and
you are to stay with me until your
folks come I been thinkin' that II
wouldn't be no more than a kindness
for me to tell you the % why
some Of your predecessors was asked
to resign. I been thinkin' that IL ]
told you the plain truth about II meb-
be II would help you mo- to make the
mistakes that they made. I amt a
word to say agin any Of en-. All Of
'em meant well. and I reckon they
done the best they could accordin' to
their lights. but yet they didn't just
J suit our people. There was Brother
Baggster. The trouble was he preached
too long. I've kept my eye on the
clock many and many n time when he
was preachin'. and the shortest sermon
ever knoweJ him TO give us was
6fty-nine minutes long. and Il run oil
the way from that up to an hour and
twenty minutes and some of us on ten
terhooks KNOWN how our dinners was
spoilin' at home. Then there was
Brother Sapp. who cut his m 30
short you hardly got settled comfort
able In your new and come TO git some
edited before he had you up for bepe-
diction. Seemed like It want hardly
worth while 10 dress up and CON 10
church for such n stingy little excus
OF a sermon. Brother Broad's sermon
was sort o. betwixt and between
Brother Sapp's and Brother Baggstcr's
when II come TO ZENITH. but he was too
lib'ral TO suit most Of our people.
Said right In the pulpit TINT he didn't
see no harm In folks goin' out walk.
ing on Sundays when he knowed very
well that all Of our dencons thought II
n dessercation o. the Sabbath 10 90
out walkln' on Sundays unless got
walked In the graveyard. That ser
mon finished Brother Broad = far NJ
his usefulness with us was concerned
Then we had Brother Bright for n
year. and he was n pretty good
preacher. but no kind Of n pnstor-thnt
II. he want no good ot calling and
being soclnbie. Never seemed To know
what TO do or say In the sickroom
and was n poor hand at n fun'rnl.
Didn't seem 10 enjoy church soclablcs
nor fun'rals. Come right out fat one
and said he thought q pastor ought TO
give his flock more Of his brains than
OF the calves Of his legs. meanin' 10y
That he'd better stay In his study In.
std o. runnln' around ringing door.
bells. That offended Miss Nancy
Prude. our wealthiest female member.
for she didn't think II nice for n man
10 say legs In the pulpit. 50 she shut
OF her contribution o. 80 cents n week
until Brother Bright left. Then we
had Brother Gusbley. who was too
po'tichy 10 suit tnth tnut Nunl'u tue
real meat o. tn gospel In their ser.
mons. They said II was bad enough
for Brother Gushley to work poems OF
Longfeller and Tennerson and Whit
taker twenty verses long into his ser?
mons. but when he got 10 working
poems Of his own OF that ZENITH into
them they wouldn't stand for II. He
even talked In poetry. Come here once.
and when I went to the door he says
first thing:
It's "A very good day
To make calls and pray.
'Some of our deacons said that was
sackerlidge. and they had him M he
fore 'em for II. and he got sassy and
offered his resignation In q poem that
the dcacons said was nm Insult 10 the
whole church, So ynu hnitcr stee'
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