The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-08-14
HOW TO KILL A CHURCH
1t Certain Rules Are Carried Out
the Work Can be Done

the work Can be Done
In some communities it is not har,
to Kill the church especially at thi
time OF the year, when the weathe
IS not and everybody busy, but
you have not succeeded yet in kill
ing your church here are some rule
II carried out will sure do the work.
Twenty Rules For Killing The
Church
Rule l. Come only when Their,
Is a new preacher or on a funera
occasion. Cps. 42:4.)
2. Ifyou do come, come late ant
sit near the door.
! 3. If too wet or too dry, too hot
or too cold, don't think of comins
and call those who do foolish" anC
over much righteous. (See Ps
122:1.)
! 4. Don't imagine the front seats
are for you. People may think you
conceited, then complain that you
could not hear the preacher.
5. Come bound to find fault. look
sour if the preacher breaches on
perfect love. Say he is too strict.
FPS. 100:4)
s. Don't for the world ever
think of praying for your pastor or
the church, criticise his "long" pray
er for you. (Read II. Thes. 3:1.)
z. Don't sing, sleep while others
sing and then complain of long SER
mons and poor singing. Il Cor,
14:15)
s. Don't attend prayer meeting,
and If you should don't take any
part. (Acts 3:1D Let your wife
do all the praying
9. Don't encourage the pastor,
but tell his faults to others. (Gal.
6:1) If his sermons help you dom
let him know it. 1t might make him
vain, criticise him to others and
praise other preachers before him.
IT, If you see a stranger in the
audience don't offer to shake hands
with him or invite him to come
back again. Heb 13:4) Don't
call on that new neighbor.
II. Never try to bring any one
to church with you (John 1:41(
1t might Inconvenience you.
IL. Don't believe in or give to
missions. Matt. 2s:19.) Just say
We have so many heathens at home.
10 Don't give much to bene-
vOlences. Il Cor, 1929 Keep it
Tor Christmas presents for your own
children. Never give to the church
unless you can get ice cream, straw
berries, oysters or something in re-
turn worth twice as much as you
give.
IA. Let the pastor and his wife
40 all the work. lisa. 41:6-7. And
then tell everyone the church is not
Is. See that his salary is al
ways behind. Il Cor. 9:14) Tell
people he gets too much anyway.
and II you pay him up he may
spend it.
16. If he doesn't visit as much as
you think he should treat him very
coolly, he has nothing particular to
do and could come oftener
IL. Don't take your denomina-
tional paper Or allow it's literature
to be used in the Sunday school.
Don't take paper on the higher life
Or holiness. The pastor might be-
come envious of your piety, spend
Ill your time reading the daily and
cheap novels.
10. Try and run the church and
an societies. Mark 10:44-45.) |
None of the members have the tact
and wisdom you have.
~. If you see any one willing
o take hold and go ahead and help |
larry on the church work be SURE |
md accuse them of being bold and
Onward and find fault with their
honesty and motives.
~. Never speak to another
lbout Christ and Salvation. Your
pastor can do all that kind of work.
Jas. 500, Dan. 1879
Insist on ice cream socials to
RAW the young.
II when you have tried all these
ules and fail to accomplish your
Mission you may conclude beyond a
loubt that you have lost your in
luence.
But If you are not yet satisfied
md want to try another set of rules.
ne pastor of tho M. e. church can
lelp you find a few more.-Ex
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