Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1919-03-21 | Page 3 | Pet Peeves of Preachers

PET PEEVES OF PREACHERS tlen of the Cloth Have Their Troubles, Trou-bles, Just as Have Their Lower-Placed Lower-Placed Brethren. I have met a number of types In my ministerial meanderings. . Let me quote you a few: Those hard-headed gentlemen who call upon me to "display my backbone" by giving them my active support In their pet quarrels. The backsliding member who fears lest I be not religious-miuded enough for his people. The loud and insistent propagandist who thinks I' am insincere because I do not shout our common beliefs from every street corner. The man who never attends a service, serv-ice, who wonders If my sermons are up to tli e mark. The person who sees me only during meals, and who therefore assumes that I have nothing to do but eat. The fastidious critic but slovenly dresser who objects to the shape of my shoe and the length of my coat. Those who believe they have the right to give me orders, on th ground that Ihey supply some of the money that pays my salary. The mothers who think It undignified undigni-fied of me to seat myself near girls other than their own daughters. The pear-flatterer who thinks my sermons good and wonders where I got them. Indianapolis Star.