The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-06-07
KICK NOT
B. w. r &c E


48l years before the bible write
gave utterance to this text, the write
of Deuteronomy stated that Jeshurol
got into the habit of kicking at every
thing that came his was. Moses EN-
bodied the fact in his famous song
In lst Samuel End chapter and 2otl
verse the Bible states that God salt
Wherefore kick we at my sacrifice
and at mine offerings?" Acts 9th, thu
5th verse states that Jesus told Pau
he would find it hard task to all thu
time be kicking against the establish
ment of the Christian religion, ant
Paul afterward said that he had fount
that to be true.
In Numbers 81, 5th, the Bible re
cords that the people kicked on thu
light bread that Moses was giving
them. They got together and organi
zed little agitator movement anC
went to Moses with their kick. They
said they had had light bread for sew
eral months and were tired of it ant
wanted some sort of change. Moses
told them he was doing the best by
them that he could and asked theil
forbearance until he could make ar.
rangements with the bakeries te
furnish several car loads of biscuit:
at time. The agitators kicked SC
furiously that God was displeased
One day some of the little boys who
were gathering sticks came into camp
and told wild story about lot OIL
wiggle-tails they had found under the
sticks. Nothing was thought of their
boyish story by the dissatisfied loafers
who made large percentage of the
rescued people, until one day some
men discovered these wiggle-tails had
grown to be serpents and some of the
snakes already had wings and were
quite rapid in their movements. A few
days later thousand men were bitten
and some of them died. The Bible
said God did this on purpose to break
up the kick against the light bread.
Later, on compromise platform God
gave them so many quails to eat, that
to this day no Jew can eat quail
each morning for breakfast for thirty
days. Ten quails at ten breakfasts is
about the average success of the av-
erage contestant. Some theologians
contend that the quails were piled two
feet deep on the ground, but the Bible
tells it in way that looks like birds
flew low along the ground-about two
high, so the Israelites could kick
them down with clubs; for up to this
date the quail was comparatively
secure against the most successful
hunter, for he had no gun-powder.
The same old agitator crowd doubt
less got together and kicked because
they had to pick the birds after the
women had knocked them down to
the ground.
A sister of the Lord, a member of
my own church, came to me the other
day to kick against my practice of
preaching in everybodys' church. She
asked me if l did not know that
preachers were just as liable to go off
wrong, as anyone else. She wanted
to register good sized kick against
any further disreputable work of
mine. She grew very eloquent and
withal very enthusiastic, until finally
amber began to trickle down the two
dropping corners of her sloppy old
aperture between the lips and the
pharynx.
In the Caldwell pulpit l one time
announced that my evening sermon
would be a cracker-jack, for l had |
kick | wanted to register against the |
liquor traffic. A dignitary who arrived
from Cincinnati in few days heard
OF the two words l dared to use in
III a. 4
Just to get the quiet moment in which |
to tell me that my brethren would get
after me if did not cut out my slang.
told him one dictionary said cracker
Jack meant light refreshment or
article of confectionery desired more
!or its sweetness than anything else.
So far as kick was concerned, it was
| word used by Jehovah 1856 wears
before the babe Christ was wrapped
n swaddling clothes in the Bethlehem
hanger.
Keep thy foot, means don't go to
;icking about things when you go to
:hurch. If there is kick due, have
t out on Thursday night and do not
aise disturbance in the house of
he Lord. Let there be one place on
whose sacred territory all is at peace
nd all with one accord.
Keep thy foot, means don't kick.
fhis is not modern expression at
IL, but is more than three thousand
ears old. 1t is very impressive and
70 other word of the same dimen-
ions means SO much. 1t has been
nodernized by the young set of the
asst fifteen years. 1t is good English
s it was also good Hebrew inference.
Paul said he had kick one time at ,
THAT Peter was teaching and that he
'ithstood him to his face. l am sorry
hat that little difficulty ever got on
ecord. for it has been enlarged upon
ntil now found on every hand. IL.
ave never been able to see where
'eter recorded his version of the mat
n, but doubtless he let it drop in
tanter and thought no more about
. and perhaps he was of the same
pinion as Paul.
Keep thy foot, means don't kick.
his does not mean for us to go the
ay of the least resistance. The sur
val of the hghtiest has transplanted