Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-05-08
CHAPTER Il.

\ Methodist preachers appointment
ordinarily lasts but one year lie may
stay longer. though It does no, neces.
sarily follow. II the authorities think
u best for him to move IL IL good and
well, especially u they can show any
Just reason why he moves A loyal
Methodist preacher never returns a
word. but with high expectations that
he can do thing that he IL sent 10 do.
hc goes with glad heart. and tells
every one with whom he meets why
he was sen; to this new work and how
easily he can do II. IL there are diff
cultics In the way. that to the other
fellow seems too great. II does not take
him long 10 explain TO him how he In.
tends to manage II. and prove TO him
that of all the other preachers of the
Conference he II about the only one
that they could have selected 10 do she
thing ~ asiiy. He has been learning
from the school u experience. and then
he has been learning from all that he
has heard the other fellow has been
trying to tell him about the difficulties
In the way. lie has learned from cx.
pcricncc: from what he has read. and
irum what he has heard others say.
From these things. he has. In his own
estimation. made wonderful advance.
men, familiarizing himself with the mat.
icrs tina, pertain 10 successful circuit
preacher IL the Methodist church. one
uf the main things 10 learn In that you
have to deal with all manner u people.
With people az every kind 81 disposi.
tion tina, belongs tn tho race. With
people that you would call tightwads.
az close as the bark on blackjack
tree that Use To grow In the hills In
Mississippi. and some rs liberal, &C.
casionally, as the bark ON u hickorynut
sapling when the sap IL rising. You
would have to put the brakes on for
fear they would give too much. OF this
kind have seen a few. but they do not
grow In mul,i,udcs with old maids. with
all IL their idosyncrasics. with bache.
lors weeping over the calami,ous mis-
take that they have made In life because
they have not married. married men and
married women who are disRruntlcd be.
cause they had concluded that they had
made serious biundcrs In their marriage
relations. and with many as fine spirits
as live this side IL heaven. But with
such a heterogeneous mass the Meth.
odist preacher has 10 deal. and do his
best 20 stay In a coed humor with every
body. II is hard 10 do, There are ap.
parent loopholes In such conditions. BE
ye angry. and sin not" II Is am.
cult thing sometimes To make yourself
believe that though you admit tina, you
are angry. yet. you do mot sin. Some
u US are thankful that u Is written. III
II he possible. as much as licih In YOU.
live pcaccably with all men," but at
times We are ready 10 say. this IL a
case Of impossibili,y. One Of the most
ludicrous things abou, Il is, how some
81 the people insis, I'm debating how
the women folks IL the preachers fam
lily shall take advice abou, what they
shall wear an certain occasions. In a
certain community my wife and were
10 attend n wedding. Every lady Of
tina, community was anxious that the
preachers wife should he dressed IN
style. My wife had q brand new green
ground Princess calico dress, that was
when they wore Princess as house
dresses instead 81 mother hubbards
The good old sister was exceedingly
anxious that my wife should wear the
green one. She insisted that those that
would b. there would dress about that
way. and that they would feel more tina,
my wife was one ~ them. n she wore
that dress. We all diScd gut and struck
across the field walking. and. bchols
when VIC go, there, the other ladies' nj
had an their best Sunday clothes
resolved then and there. s,id my wiz
that hereafter I would use my owl
Judgment regardless of any body's al