Another thing bothering the young preacher at Speegleville is that he has been asked to resign. One of the elders, aided by three or four others of the congregation, after a called meeting of themselves asked the preacher to resign. They gave as their reason for this request that he was "overshooting" the congregation, his preaching was going clear over their heads. And, too, he had not quite come up to their expectations in visiting their families. Of course they requested that he slip out "quietly," just as quickly as he could find another place, and the other officers and the congregation generally must know nothing of their meeting and their request that he resign. While it is a fact the elder who took the lead in this "ouster "proceeding" has never liked the preacher, it is said for the reason the preacher did not pay enough attention to his dictation, yet they want to make the impression the preacher goes of his own accord, and the congregation is to never know of their secret meeting and request he resign. Now, brother preacher, just what would you do? Would you be thus railroaded with a murmur, would you allow the congregation to think you are going of your own accord and that it is wholly because you desire to go to other fields, or would you bring the matter before the congregation and all them to have some voice in the matter? At any rate it presents a very peculiar and difficult case for the young preacher at Speegleville to handle. Probably, he’ll move on.

He "gets" hired, and he "gets" fired; yes, "requested to resign," and yet "we don’t have the pastor," —we just lie about it as "we" did in saying "We don’t have the Sunday school," and "we" don’t have "confusion" with classes and teachers operating in the same room. But finally "we" got the "classroorns" put in or on "to prevent so much confusion." And now "we" hire the thing, and fire the thing, and yet "we don’t have the pastor system." I see, yes, I see; it is just in the Christian Church that these things are digressions. Poor souls, can’t see they are trailing along after the Christian Church.