Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-10-20

"A misunderstanding mistake I'M made
when flaAl0rs aud people fall t0 establish
and maintain between each other o tnsi-
ness relation Just aa independent of che
AIarituala aa u In possible 10 make A.
The physician may be. and In mnltlindes
OF cases IN. the dearest family friend
bat lac lives by bis profession. and hin
services have recognized money value
which he expects ~ receive without .
question. He would prefer, perhaps.
10 render hts services without reward,
especially 10 those whom be loves but
he has mouths 10 feed and provision "
make for lniny days, and fpr the help
lasaneas that cognea at last 10 all So,
though love aud sympathy, and selide-
nial for love and sympathy's sake may
have actuated him in All his daily round
OF duty, be goes home nj night and takes
down his bl0tter, aud enters his charges
na formally as IN he hId been selling
farm produces or tin ware.
There In q feeling In many parishes
that il is gift by whatsoever any pastor
may be profiel by them--that q pastor
earns nothing, and that In oil things he
Il the beneficiary Of the parish To
make this matter thousand times worse,
there are pastors not few who take the
position 10 which the parishes assign
them. and assist In perpetnating the
mistake. They are men whose hands
are always open - receive whatever
comes who delight 10 donation par
ties, and who grasp right and left, with
Unsuitable greed. nj gifta- They be.
come 80 mean-spirited that they do not
like TO pay anything. They are apongea
upon their people and ths community.
Wherever they happen 10 be. they lie
down ON the brethren. There In moth
Ing 0f value that they are not glad tu
receive, and there II nobody that they
are not glad 10 be indebted 10 for favorA.
Sometimes they are extFavagant, and
have q erAceleAs way OF getting into
debt, cut OF which they are helped
yearly. The abiect meanness into
which he can descend, and too fre-
qneEi Illustrations among the American
ministry. IL Is shocking and sickening
that there are some men who seem
forced by their parishes 10 live In this
way. aud IL Is stiIl more disconiforting
10 And men Who seem tolerAbly COM
Portable and e0nfented While living IN
this way. IL man 10 tt 10 preach
he Il worth waeaM III he In worth
wages, they should T. paid with all the
business regularity that II demanded
aud enforced I'm business life. There
in mo- mau I'm the community who works
harder foE che money he receives than
the faithful minister There is mo man
lin whose work the eommunity Ia in
terepted-io whom regular wages, that
ahali not cost him Thoughts are 40 ims
portant. or what use In pulpit can any
man be whose weeks are frittsred away
In mean cares and dirty economies
Every month. OF every quAfter-day. ev-
eFy pastor should be sure that there
vii be placed Ia his hands, a. bis jsssi
wageA, money enough 10 pay ali his exs
penses. Then, withoni sense OF spe.
cial obligation 10 anybody, he can
preach the truth with freedom. and
prepare for his public naaniStrationa
without distraction. Nwthing more
cruel 10 N pastor, or more Disastrous %
hia work can ba done than 10 force upon
him feeling of dependence upon the
charities ri bic Sock. The oihce ci
such a man does not rise In dignity
above that OF cours-fool He In Tho
creature og the popular whim. and the
preacher without influence 20 those who
do not respect him or his ofEice sufficient,
ly 20 pay him the vages due 10 a mar
Who devotes his life 10 them. Manh'
ness cannot live in such a msns except
Il be in torture-A torture endured siIn'
ply because there are others who de-
pend upon The charities doied out d
him. A
Good. rnanly pastors and preachers dc
mot want gifta. they want wages IL u
not q kindness 10 che ont insufficient
salaries by donation parties and 10y bene'
factions from the richer members or the
hock. ft Ia not . merit, nv they seen
10 regard II, for parishes or indiyiduAi'
10 do thia II is nm acknowledgment
Of indebtedness which they are too NEAR
10 pay in a business way. The pastol
needs il and they owe il. bat they take
10 themselves the credit Of benefactors
and place him in an awkward and falss
position. The influence Of this state oi
thing upon the world that hes outside o.
sphere Of Christian belief and activ
ity is beyond calculation. We have hai
enough Of the patronage Of christianity
by hali-scofing. half-tolerating world
II Christians do not sufficiently recog
nize the legitimacy of the pastors call
ing 10 render him fully his Just wages
and 10 nsist him 81 maintain his mani.
Independence before the world, they
must not blame the world for loolinf
upon him with contempt that fcrbidl
approach and precludes influence. The
world will be quite ready 10 take thi
pastor at The valuation Of his friends
and che religion he teaches at the pric'
tstIroiessors are willing 10 pay, ia !
business way. for its ministry.-Ih. y
q. HoLasd, ia seTsbAsy-'s Aoa.fAiv for o.
iober.
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