The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-04-08
A MINISTER WANTED.

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Thriftyviile wants minister. They
are looking far and near to find one;
but they want the Fright man" Thrift
tyyille is not one of your old, effete,
WORKOUT places. 1t is n place grown
up quickly on Rapid River, in the val
ley Of Eureka. 1t is very impor-
tant place standing directly over the
center of the earth, SO that if hole
were dug, and stone dropped into it,
it would pass through the very centre
of this great world 1t is a growing
population and boasts of ga circle of
very intelligent people. Moreover,
it seems TO be "the centre of great
moral influence and it now wants
minister second to none. They want
to get the society ont of debt, to repair
the old wastes which time has already
made in their half-built sanctuary,
to gather in the young, to draw u
full house, and make the concern eve
ry way prosperous and respectable,
and easy to support.
Now for the qualifications desired.
They are so few and simple that "the
right man" probably stands at your
elbow
Item. He must be man mature in
intellect, and ripe in experimental
yet so young, that all the young peo-
pie will rush after him.
Item. He must be quick, ardent,
flashing, nervous in temperament, SO
that he may kindle quick and burn
bright, prompt, ready, and wide-awake
and yet man of the most consum-
mate prudence, whose nerves shall
never be unstrung, nor out of tune.
Item. He must be a man Of great,
burning zeal, so that he can startle,
arouse and kindle, and move the con-
gregation and yet so cautious, so
cool, that he is always safe, calm, self
possessed, unperturbated.
Item. He must have the power to
awaken and arouse the church and
vet, let them be quiet, and look on
while he does all that is done for Christ.
Rem. He must urge and move men,
and lead the whole people to salvation,
and get them all into the church-and
yet, so iudicious that he can make a
difference between the chaff and the
wheat, and let none but real converts
into the fold.
Item. He must be strong and origi-
nal in the pulpit and bring none but
beaten oil there-and yet be at leisure
TO receive any call, any interruption, be
prepared for every occasion, and like
the town pump, never sucking for wa
! ter, OF giving out dry.
ITEM. He must be Il workman who
shall go down deep into the mines
of truth, and qiiaTy out It's pillars
and set them up, and make men come
and wrestle around them-and yet, the
most gifted man IN light conversation
and all that floats in the everyday
world around him.
Item. He must have health, SO that
his body never wearies, his nerves new
en- culver real specimen of muscu-
lar Christianity-an yet hard, Sc
we're thinker, close reasoner, and a
most diligent student getting his
books from any quarter
Rem. Hemust be poor in this worlds
goods, to show that money is not his
object, and SO that he can sympatlize
with the poor, and so that he can't
feel humble and dependent--and yet
his family must be the most hospitable,
and entertain more company than any
other man, in town-his children must
be second to none in training-they
must be respectfully dressed-he must
give away more, and more cheerfully
than any man in the place--not even
excepting Esquire Rich himself, and
his family must all be models, ia all re-
spects, for the community.
Item. He must be a man vino can be
permanent - though vastly superior
TO DR. Solid, Of the next town, who has
been with his flock over thirty years J,
and his congregation must hear the
same voice, ON the same subject, sew
eral times every week-and yet h'
must come every time, as original, a'
fresh, as glowing as if it We're done
but once "A year,