Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1867-08-29
Cory O'Eanus on Ministers and
fhciy. Unges

e""e "%0 NV DAN"S"e UP iOA bhe
ministry.
don't think the ministry lost any.
thing by it either. Yet / sometimes
sympathized with the dominies, and
have taken a deep interest in the dis
cussion of your correspondents about
ministers salaries. A minister has to
put up with a good deal.
He can't smoke a cigar,
Curl his hair,
Wear kid gloves,
Take drink,
Express his We've on politics.
Or 60 TO the Opera,
Without some blessed old Deacon,
or otherwise, raising a row abUut Il,
and boring the newspapers, or a
Chassis or something or another. And
now some old soroheads are growing
about their pay.
This brings up the wages question.
As men of other callings have com
bined TO raise their salaries, the min
isters ought to form trades union
to regulate theirs Even the homeo-
pathic doctors went into a wages
movement. That move has its advan.
tages. Making sickness more expen-
sive might encourage people to keep
we'll
Ministers on the whole are much
cheaper than doctors And the worst
of it is you can't get along without a
doctor in the family.
A minister's work wears better than
a doctors
called on a minister once in CON-
pany with Mrs. o 'Lanus,-just before
she became Mrs 0L-and in five
minutes he translated us from n state
of single blcssedness to the united
state Of wedlock.
1t was a very complete job and ]
think it will last me for life. And it
only cost me ten dollars, including an
illuminated certificate.
The consequences of that manpvre
have been expensive. But that was
none Of the minister's business. Ii
was my risk. The minister asked
me before / was fully committed
whether ! was TO take the responsi.
bility, and not till / had, in the pres
ence Of witnesses, declared my resolu-
tion was fixed, did he consign me 10
my fate / bear no malice against
him.
Getting married is like buying your
own cloth and taking it to a taiier to
make up. The artist may warran
the workmanship, but he is not re-
sponsible for the wear of the material
1t is about the same with preaching
You can't get good job turned out
with poor material. A minister cant
always select his congregation, and
he has to do his best with what is set
before him.
] haven't heard any complaint from
economists about the expense Of cost
ly buildings, grand organs, or operat-
ic organs. Some people like to live in
brown stone mansions, decorated with
gorgeous furniture, regardless Of ex-
pense, but have very economical ideas
about the cooks wages. And some
evidently take this idea into church.
The church business since the
church has got to be so much of bus
mess, might be systemized. Let the
people have what they want and pay
accordingly. There might be a tariff
OF pew rents 10 accommodate the
purse, the TASTE, or the conscience
For instance, table OF pew rents
like the following, Tor each donomina-
ton;
Plain preaching aud singing in plain udi-
hoc' old s'ylepeT =;
Ditto Ditto daio with imrroveS mn ,'i nrehiieeinre and
pphostlery.................................... ~
Ministerial eloquence with the above improve .,
with "ncc cboir x
With politics added.......................... lol
All the modern Improvements, including sis
I.sgsr ss, ''1 - '',',,',' ! - 20,
pro.cbcrs copld he Divided into
olasaos I;la On, S, ,',,Il;c s,SooI TEACHER.
"a "a oeeo,.5;,,- 20 tbe;r ,,roae
a,,u a. paw ,'0'V -. -. ss..
lhcn people couiu Sclect bhtH siiilt-
ual coihiorus huVVIu'i'H " Vnoii ui7os
their personal tastes or IDEAS OF econ.
omy. Plainly this rs what some OF
our Christians want.
Some want elegance ol surround
ings, gilt-edged hymn books, and m
tellect and culture IN the pulpit. Let
them nave lnese lhihgs anu pay iei
/, them
why not, SO long as inc graho con
solauons oil the great truln are 70 pe
had without pay or price py an Wnv
truly seek theh ne shepheru shouiu