The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-01-09
Wanted-A Minister.

We take the following relative to what ID
wanted in minister from one of our religious
exchanges. 1t contains no little truth, and
shows how difficult place the modern minis
ter has to fill:
Thriftyvlle wants minister. They are Look
ing far and near for one; but they want the
Fright man."
He must be quick, ardent flashing, nervous
in temperament. SO that he car kindle quick
and burn bright; prompt, ready, and wide
awake-and yet a man of the most consummate
prudence, whose nerves shall never be unstrung
or out of tune.
He must be man mature in intellect, and
ripe in experimental yet SO young and
beautiful that all the young people will rush
after him.
He must have the power to awaken and
arouse the church-and yet let them be quiet
and look on while he does all that is done for
Christ.
He must be strong and original in the pull
pit, and bring none but beaten oil there-aud
yet be at leisure to receive any call, any inter-
ruption, be prepared for every occasion, and,
| like the town pump, never sucking for water,
nor giving when out dry.
| He must be workman who shall 60 down
deep into mines of truth and quarry out its pill
lars and set them up, and make men come and
wrestle around them-and yet be the most
gifted man in light conversation and all that
floats in the everyday world around him.
| He must have health So that his body never
wearies, his nerves never quiver-a real speci-
men of muscular Christianity-and yet hard,
severe thinker close reasoner, and most
diligent student, getting his books from any
quarter.
He must be poor in this worlds goods, to
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can sympathize with the poor, and so that he
can't help feeling humble and dependent; and
vet his family must be the most hospitable, and
entertain more company than any other in
town; his children must be second to none in
education and training they Must be respecta-
bly, dressed; he must give away more, and more
cheerfully, than any man in the place, not even
excepting Esquire Rich himself; and his fami-
ly must be models, in all respects, for the COM
munity.
He must be q man who can remain three
years, and his congregation must hear the same
voice, on the same subject, several times each
week; and yet he must come every time as
original, as fresh, as glowing, if it were done
once year.
He must be able to live in glass house, al
ways acting in public, coming in contact with
all sorts of men and prejudices, so original that
all will respect and fear him-and yet never
odd eccentric, morose, repulsive or awing in
manners. He should have the lofty attributes
of an angel, with the sympathies, the gentle
ness, and softness of the little child.
He must be always ready, keyed up to the
best possible pitch, and yet so calm in spirit,
in word, and look, that nothing can disturb his
repose.
He must never preach so that the people are
not proud of him when they have stranger in
their pew, so that the echo of his sermon shall
not come back when he goes abroad; and yet
every sermon must be SO beautiful that all the
young people will admire it, and wonder over
it, and the little child can carry it all home and
repeat it to his grandmother.
And the writer might have added-he must
preach with the eloquence of a $4,000 minister,
and yet willing to give his services for $500 q
year.