Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1878-01-17
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No pastor, who expects to main
ain his standing as; q n4lnister of
the gospel, and do well the Lords
work. can afford to neglect his IL
nances. Unpaid bills have effect
ually buried mauyyoung men who
were apparently rising TO positions
OF great usefulness = Promises
made in good faith shonldi be ,sas-
-cre9lY. kept. /, 42somipent, among
other characteristics in a, Chris.
tlap's life should be doubtly arss-
fined, purely extracted, Bible bon
esty. EUe,y- person should he
honest Every Christian
must be RICHLY SO and no suc+
cessful minister Of the Cross can
afford to leave a doubt, well found
ed, in the mintl of any person.
relative to his strictest integrity
All business is founded upon 6-
nancial basis. In every profess
sion money is essential to COM
plete success. Confidence Is
established and maintained among
business men in accordance with
their promptness in meeting their
financial obligations. Every man
is fnancier. Every man is, or
ought to be a business-manager.-
Every one has to do with the per-
picking question of f1nanciering.-
1t is the duty of every person to
study-ca, efulIy, too-the most
practical means to rigid econo-
my. A very llrge per cent. OF
pastors have wide field of study
here and various circumstances
under which to apply the numer-
Gus principles involved in its most
rigid sense. Ii pastor finda, af-
ter repeated efforts, that he cannot
successfully manage his finances
upon credit basis he ought to
abandon entirely the credit system,
and compel himself and family not
to go beyond his income, and do it
strictly upon cash basis. have
known the principles of scepticism
to be much strengthened in the
minds of business men by tho in
difference of pastors pertaining to
their pecuniary obligations.
A business man said to me, not
many months since "Mr.--
has been owing me q bill of thirty
or forty dollars for three years. [
!. have dunued him until / am
} ashamed. lie does not w.nt to
pay me. He gets salary of ten
or twelve hundred dollars per year,
but will not pay his debts. I have
not particle of confidence in such
men," ! have heard the proprie-
J tor of a successful business house
say: "That man cannot get goods
here on time, if he Is preacher
because he will not pay his debts.
| | am disguised with such men,"
This brings us to consider, next, +,
tile necessity Of churches paying
promptly their pastors salaries
: No other class of men are SO per
fectly dependent upon the promises
of the people as. the pastors y of
onI churches. ..-.. -, ,.,,,
, A church calls and settles pastor.
] A positive understanding exists be-
tween the two parties. The pastor
has no other source of income but his
= church. Carelesseness upon the part
of the members will soon bring want
! into the pastors homo. Pay day, al
though 1t iOds thirty days off. has como
around; and the grocer, bookseller,
8 tailor, and landlord, all want their
Money, and. Of course, they all expect
''the preacher to be prompt" Tho
pastor is perplexed almost ashamed
to pass along the street; because he
has pledged himself to pay his bills to.
day ; and now he finds it impossible
to do SO, because the church has not
fulfilled its part of the agreement
His honor, as a man and minister,
has gone to protest, and that, too,
) when he was doing all within his pow
! er to avoid it. He must 90 AMI make
an explanation of the matter but this
docs not pay the accumulated bills that
are now due. In some instances this
need not produce any special feeling !;
but in other cases the man of business
will be disappointed, and in some in
stances will discuss, in his own mind,
/ III nOJ 70 his lu'iludGG lIlGuOSs YHeCuCr
, these statements are true or not
The pastors standing is lowered, and
it will require months, and perhaps
wears. to reinstate himself in conf
dence of the business men in his town.
This is sad, very sad. The pastor,
; under such circumstances, cannot
study or do any other work well, be-
cause his unpaid bills haunt him by
day and by night. He begins to feel
that the church is not satisfied with
, him as pastor; and he. too, is disap-
pointed In his expectation. His word
is too sacred to him to be sacrificed
, in this way. He feels grieyed and
} hurt. The church has disappointed
> him.. Soon watchlul deacon or some
good sister makes sad discovery
The pastor does not preach so well as
!, he did.-JournaI and Messenger.