The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-06-28
wante,l-.-a Minister.

= III ltc ucdutilui valley OF Eureka.
is a very important place-standin.
directly over the centre of the eartL
e so that i'll hole were duo, and ston,
dropped into it, it would pass through
I the centre of this great world. 1t lla
a growing population, and boasts O
. "a circle Of very intelligent people. ;
> Moreover, it seems to be ''the yer,
centre OF a great moral influence. :
and now It wants a minister second tC
none. They want to get the socict,
out Of kbt,ro repair The old waste,
Y wiiiclfstsine has already made III theiI
haif-bililt sanctuary, to gather in the
young, to draw" Il full house, and to
make the concern every way prosper
oiIs and respectable, and easy to sup
port.
Now for the qualifications desired.
They are so few and simple that the
right man" probably stands at your
elbow.
lie must be man mature in intel
lect, and ripe in experience-and yet
50 young that all the young people
will rush after him.
lie must be quick, ardent, flashing.
nervous in temperament, 50 that lie
can kindle quick and burn bright !;
prompt, ready, and wile-awake-and
yet Il man of the most consumate pru-
dencc, whose nerves shall never be
tmstrung nor ont of tune.
He must be man of great and
burning zeal, so that he can startle,
arouse, and kindle, aud move the con
gregation and yet so cautious, 50 cool,
that he il always safe, calm, sclf-pos-
sesscd, unpreturbcd.
H5 must have power to awaken and
arouse tie church-and yet let them
be quiet and look on While lie does all
that Is done for Christ.
lie must urge and move men, and
lead the whole people to salvation,
and get them all into the cllurch-and
yet be 50 judiciou; that he can make
a difference between the cllaff and the
wheat, and let none but real converts
into the fold.
lie must be strong and original in
the pulpit, and bring none but beaten
oil thele-and yet be at leisure to re-
ceive any call, any interruption, be
prepared for every occasion, and like
the town pump never sucking for wa
ter or giving out dry.
He must be a workman who shall
go down deep into the mines of truth,
and quarry out its pillars, and set
them up, and make men come and
wrestle around them-and yet the
most gifted man In light conversation,
and OIL all that floats in the every day
world around him.
He must have health so that his
body never wcaries, his nerves never
quiver-a real specimen of muscular
Christianity, and yet be hard think
er, close reasoner, and most dill
gent student, getting his books from
any quarter
He must be poor in this worlds
goods, to show that money is not his
object, and so that he can sympathize
with the poor, and so that he can't
help feeling humble and dependent
and yet his family must be most hos
pitable, and entertain more company
than any other in town; his children
must be second to none in education
and training; they must be respectful
ly dressed; he must give away more,
and more cheerinlly than any other
man In the place, not even excepting
Esquire Rich himself; and his family |
must be models in all respects for the
community.
lie must be q man who can remain
three years, and his congregation
must hear the same voice, on the same
subject several times each weck-and
yet he must come every time as origi-
nal, as fresh, as glowing as if it were
done but once a year.
lie must be able to live in glass
house, always acting in public, COM
ing in contact with all sorts of men
and of prciudices, 80 original that all
will respect and fear him-and yet
never odd, eccentric, morose, rrpul-
sive, or awing in manners. lie
should have the lofty attributes Of an
angel, with the sympnthies, the gen
tleness, and softness of the little child.
lie must he always ready, lofty,
keyed up to tie best possible pitch
and yet so calm In spirit, and word,
and look, that nothing can disturb his
Iepose.
lie must never preach so that the /
people are not proud of him when
hey have a stranger in their pew, or {
70 that the echo of his sermon shall I
lOt come back when he goes abroad {
md yet his sermon must be so beauti- /
i'll that al the young people will adj a
nire it, and wonder over it, and the i
little child can carry it all home and Ii
rpeat it to her grandmother. a
His wife must be the model of all a
models. She must be young and Z
handsome, but not indiscreet or vain. !!
'he must be worthy of the admiration I
4 all the people, and yet think she is II
he humhlest Of them all. She must u
Tatch, and discipline anil prune, and !
'ad, and make her husband the en- Il
odiment.of all excellence; but she G.
list never be aware of her power, t
st she become overbeariHg. She \
lust be the model of a lady, have a ii
lir face and white hands, though &
to do all the work of her y
imily. She must be ready to meet h
TerybOdy with a smile, take her e
lnds from the flour at any moment, III
ear checkered apron, and still be C
ressed like a lady. Her face must U
ever be otherwise than cheerful, her
sad must do It's aChings in secret, and