The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-01

enough at his command to procure such
food as is commonly found on the tables of
his members, or such as the tastes and ne
cessities OF himself and family may require
3. A minister should be able to appear on
the streets and in the pulpit in dresssuited
to his age and station. Ii should not be so
fine as to draw attention from his sermon,
| nor 50 common as to offend good taste.
4. A minister should be able to live on
the cash principle. Thiss too obvious to
need argument.
| D. Educate his children.
| Ii it be duty, As We have Just shown, to
/ support the ministry. then the ministry
should insist upon and require that it be
| discharged. No obligation is more sa-
cred, no debt more binding, and
none should be preferred before it. There
are two mistakes which some make respect
ing this matt&:
/. Some promise nothing, and therefore
feel that they are under no obligations to
pay anything. With them an obligation
commences " hen the promise is made. This
is mistake Some do not promise to pay
city, county, State taxes: but they have it
to do, because every man who has property
is under legal obligations to paw taxes. The
.. There are Others who promise never
pay, unless they find it perfectly convenient
10 do so without the slightest self-denial.
This embarrasses the minister. He expects
all promised. and sometimes makes pur-
chases upon the presumption that 1t will be
paid.
APPLICATION.
Whose duty is it to support the ministry?
It Il IL. rLs
not Disabled by disease or tie mort dbjef porerty
of ereTy one uho has a soul 10 safe, children 10
truin, rights 10 be protected
My hearers, if have expressed opinions
that do not agree with yours, do not dis
card them without prayerful examination.
DO not say that the minister has plead the
cause Of his brethren too strongly. i have
plead the cause Of the people.not ofthe min
istry. Here Is question intimately assO-
ciated with the duty and usefulness OF ev-
cry individual Christian. l do not believe
that any intelligent, warm-hearted Christ
ian can look into minister's face and lis
ten to him with pleasure when his con-
science smites and stings him for not obey
ing the ordinance Of his Lord concerning
that minister. The churches must consider
they must be induced to discharge this du
ty. There is danger ahead See what the
Romanists are doing. Nearly every town
to say nothing Of cities-has its cathe- |
dral. What if the churches were to set the |
ministers free? Ponder these arguments.
They effect the permanency and prosperity |
of every religious denomination in the |
country. Let each one take up this duty,
then all will feel a common interest in the |
ministry. All will attend upon Its minis |
tratiOns with more pleasure and derive !
more profit from them. Ii every one would |
give as God has prospered him, our church |
es would hear less OF murmuring. The |
Lords servants would be free and the |
smoke OF incense would roll up from the |
altars OF temples now in a state of decay. |
Then Jehovah woald cease to hear the |
cries of his servants for bread, the land |
would be filled with the praises of converts |
multiplied by thousands. Then the spirit |
ual pulse of the church would beat faster |
and stronger, while the blood of the church's
life would thicken as it flows out to the ex-
tremities, imparsing new vigor to the whole |
BODY
My bretheren, YOU can labor. acquire n
competency, 4 fortune. The minister re-
joices when he sees around you evidences Of |
prosperity. His heart goes up in thankful
ness that you are able to erect commodious
houses and to furnish them with taste. How
does he live? Perhaps in some cabin, des-
titute of comforts. You are sick YOU have
all the delicacies that your taste may de-
mand. Is it always the case with the min
lister? You are in trouble, and he is the
first TO come to your bedside. He watches,
prays, consoles you. And when you come
to die, he will stand b. you, mOisten your
parched lips, wipe the death-sweat from
your pale brow, point your soul to the sky, |
and when the conflict is over he will gently |
seal your sightless eyes and turu away |
to comfort your sOrrowing family. |
o, how he rejoices to know |
that your loved ones are not likely to
want, that they have home. How is it |
with him? He too must die. All, | will |
not trust myself to speak of my brethren.
Thousands Of them can say, no foot OF /
land do we possess" The houses that shell
ter them are not their own; and dying, |
they leave loved ones-but l must forbear.
If it were not that God had promised to be |
a husband to the widow, and father to the |
fatherless, their dying pillows would be
planted with many thorn
Brethren, ministers do not want much,
nor will they need that very long. While
they remain on earth, o, do allow them to
live in the temple, SO that in diving they
may pass away comforted by the reflection
that their labors were appreciated. Amen