The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-20

ANNOUNCED LOT the Inherent SeCtiOHS
of the city are as follows:
East Haven - Superintendent of
ship Don't sing, And don't attend
prayer meeting; and if you do, why,
don't take part
Few More
ThirBs to Remember
You know Paul said women should
not speak in meeting. Yes, but | will
tell you sometime why he said so. 1t
has no more reference to me and you
! than wearing sandals instead of shoes.
l will tell you sometime. And don't
encourage the pastor, but tell his
faults to everybody you see; and if
| his sermons help you, don't let him
| know it, but if he says something you
don't like, get busy!
And if you see a stranger in the
audience, don't shake hands with him
because if you do he will come back,
and he might go to heaven instead of
hell He might fall in love with Je-
sus Christ and hate the devil if you
| showed an interest in him. Let him
alone.
And never try to bring anybody to
church with you. If you did, you'd
| fill up the old ice house. Let the
pastor do all the work. The general
! does all the fighting while the pri-
Yates sit around under the shade
smelling the coffee boil and the bacon
fry. See that his salary always is be-
hind time. He can work down here
and board up in heaven.
And if he doesn't visit you as often
as you think he should or that you
deserve, treat him very coldly. He
has nothing particularly to do but
wait on you. He only has to preach
two sermons a week, and run the
prayer meeting, and marry people,
and bury people, and st>>le individual
and church quarrels, and visit the
sick, and pray with the dying, and col
lect church subscriptions. The church
hires him just to look nice and amuse
you. He hasn't anything special to
do.
And try and run the church. If
you see anybody willing to take hold
and help with the church work, be
/ sure and find fault with them and
accuse them of being bold and for
ward. And never speak to anybody
about Jesus Christ. Your pastor
should do all that kind of work
don't you say a word And don't
be particular about how Gods house
looks inside or out, but keep your
own fine.
Oh, you've got Persian rugs and
the candelabra of wealth on your
floor; the church is good enough
for the thirty-five cent ingram.
Don't Give In
To The Majority.
Insist on your views being adopted
on all questions brought up before
the church. And don't give in for
the majority. This government is
run on the majority rule but in the
church, the tail wags the dog.
i And when you are sick, don't lei
the pastor know anything about it
Don't tell him. He is Supposed to
find out and if he doesn't then tell
people how disinterested he was in
you and he never came near, when
you were sick.
I Sis, l bet my life just by looking
at you that's just what you've been
dom. You've got just that kind OF
map on you.
And if you see everything work
ing tremendously, get busy and try
and stir up fuss and engendel
strife.
You are writing gospel
A chapter day
In deeds that you do
And in words that you say
Men read what you write
/ Whether false or true.
Say, what is the gospel
According to you.
Just pardon an illustration from
my own life. My father went to the
war, Company E, 23rd Iowa, in Aug
ust. l was born on the 10Th of the
following November. My father new
er came back home. / drew pen
sion from Uncle Sam from the day
l was born until / was sixteen year;
:. old, spent most of my life in Sol
diers Orphans Home up in Iowa
John Scott, Lieutenant Governor o.
Iowa, my brother Ed, and l wers
there. Ed went up into North Da
kota, worked for the Northern Pa
! cific Railroad Company, took up land
went into Iowa and went to wort
down there, worked in a furniture
i store-used to drive the hearse.
Il 1 used to fix furniture and then
played down there in Marshalltowr
u on the baseball team. Capt. AnsoI
lived ont there He was of the olf