Around the tea-table . e of being man-ipulated by three church committees, he has anypride or spirit left, better give him up as incor-rigible. Thirdly. To secure poor preaching, keep theminister on the trot. Scold him when he comesto see you because he did not come before, andtell him how often you were visited by the formerpastor. Oh, that blessed predecessor! Strangethey did not hold on to the angel when they hadhim. Keep your minister going. Expect him torespond to every whistle. Have him at all thetea-parties and the raisings. Stand him in thedraught of the door at the funeral—a frequent
Around the tea-table . e of being man-ipulated by three church committees, he has anypride or spirit left, better give him up as incor-rigible. Thirdly. To secure poor preaching, keep theminister on the trot. Scold him when he comesto see you because he did not come before, andtell him how often you were visited by the formerpastor. Oh, that blessed predecessor! Strangethey did not hold on to the angel when they hadhim. Keep your minister going. Expect him torespond to every whistle. Have him at all thetea-parties and the raisings. Stand him in thedraught of the door at the funeral—a frequent POOR PREACHING. 221 way of declaring a pulpit vacant. Keep him busyall the week in out-door miscellaneous work; andif at the end of that time he cannot preach a weakdiscourse, send for us, and we will show him howto do it. Of course there are exceptions to allrules; but if the plan of treatment we have pro-posed be carried out, we do not see that anychurch in city or country need long be in want ofpoor preaching. 18*. CHAPTER XXXVI. ROCKY MOUNTAIN LOCOMOTIVE. • ~\ TAY I get on with you ? I asked an engi- ^\JL neer on the Pacific Railroad, at a stationsix or seven thousand feet above the level of thesea Certainly ^ he said : u but hold fast tight, or youmay fall off •Toot! toot! went the whistle, and the longanaconda of a rail-train first went crawling alongthe rocks, but soon took on fearful in Pullmans Palace Car, looking out ofthe window, the passenger gets no idea oi thespeed of the train : but close by the engineer, andfeeling the nervous quiver and jump of the iron ,:rser. you see the mountains skip like rams,and the little hills like lambs. The door of the locomotive furnace clangs open,and the flames rave as though they would leap outto devour, and the fireman jars the coal into theracing jaws o( the monster. The engineer :his hand on the iron bit that controls the speed,and seems to use no more exertion than a doctor ROCKY MOUNTAIN LOCOMOTIVE. 22
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