Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-17

Bow and Quiy er.

Now that we have pastors in the sew
eral churches of the place, how are they
to be received, maintained, and disposed
of?
Who is to be consulted in these things
and on whom does the responsibility rest.
Each church has its plan. The Catholic
leads IN system, and out of priestly rev.
erence all fall into line. The Lutherans
are next and are making arrangement. in
connection with Bremen, for Minister.
Right here we are reminded that those
who receive, and have, and are maintain
ing. their ministry according to their
adopted system are the prosperous
churches, at least temporarily. The Pres
byterian, Methodist Episcopal and Epis-
copal, have the voluntary plan of support
and the NJ. E. Minister is laboring for
What he gets, without positive contract.
The Pres. and Episcopal are under con-
tract for one thousand dollars each One
has family of three. The other, two.
Each society has from their Mission
funds from two to three hundred dollars
to aid them.
The Methodist Mission board has new
er appropriated aid to this place though
her pastorate have always received from
two to three hundred dollars less than
their colleagues, and have always sustain
ed the gospel, when the other churches
were vacant.
| we find III our Quiger this arrow for
the bow, that those under contract receive
a living and this smatters somewhat of
the idea that christian conscience is slack.
when civil obligation is stronger than
christian honor.
One protestant pastor received S3OO
last year for about eight Sundays preach
ing under civil obligation, and the 9th
er and only resident protestant pastor
the same amount ($30O,) for six months
labor, the pulpit part of which was much
his lightest work
That one has thus far wrote Ditto for
1872, and 3, as to compensation.
But aside from financial support. for
moral instruction, the ministry are a
party entitled to cosultation in other
things
He may justly demand of his obiectors
TO produce their reasons for his reception
and rejection, and maintainance as the
case may be in either settlement, accent
ability or removal.
Otherwise he must say 81 am not com
petent to judge of my own cause" and
mission, and have no press to aid me in
the matter
With all this what is sometimes hap
pening?
20 our minister is such poor reader.
We can't get along with it." "He does
not know how to conduct meeting and
l wont go"
He is too jealous strict, stiff or formal.
!" tie Is too sociable with those not of our
church" " He ought to- visit more and
influence the outsiders"
He is too cutting and plain He
is too compromising" "He won't Weld
his convictions"
lie has too much to say about the
church and not enough to sinners" ale
ought to preach to the church and let sin
ners alone"
lie thinks too much of the socials and
ought not to attend such places his busi-
ness is to hold meeting" "He would
hold meeting but the door is shut and
locked
The men in this town ought to 90 to
church and be converted and live better
The church members ought to get off
the store boxes and quit lounging in the
stores and go with them when invited"
"He failed to keep that man in his con.
gregation because he breaches too plain
He ought to preach more plainly, and
say to men. Thou art the man"
He is good man, but don't know
much" "He draws large crowd of the
thoughtless." "His congregation is
small"
"Why is there no more interests >" saws
Bro. G.. Bro. Bright answers:
because the church don't want it." Bro
Convicted asks: "are they not going to
protract? the indications are goods" Bro.
Doubtful responds: ''it wont pay."
"Our preacher should be observing and
deal with every day Iife." "He is too
prosy, always talking about the children
of Israeli
Ours is an observer, and makes illus.
trations from public facts, and positive
conversation, and they sometimes chit
and he had better not repeat that"
"Ours should council more" "Ours
calls council, and they come if the can't
lind any thing else to do" "He makes
q positive contract with our people; but
they who help him are among the first to
break it."
He should hang on for the salvation
OF souls" "He hangs on and his helpers
and sO1ls hang Off