The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-25
PASTORS VACATIONS.
I.,uvhter and Applause In the baptist MINIS
,er. weekly Meeting.

an essaJ Vacations" was the title oil
Central Baptist Church. DIvO~-. Rhodes OF the
before the Baptist ministers yesterday. Inc
essayist said that although 1t s the duty OF home
ministers to take q months VACATION every sum-
mer both on account Of their health and be-
cause some. like the famous DR.. Judson. can
better 10y isolation pursue n special study. yet
the great body Of ministers are well and strong
and need no vacation. Ministers are a long
lived race. With emphasis the speaker de-
manded: Docs the word of God justify us in
taking month. or two or three months OF the
year from his work. The essayst further in
qured: Does life at fashionable watering places
ndd to or increase the Christian Rracel Then
he added: summer is deaths great harvest
time Tho pnstor should be by the bedsides oi
the sick. to comfort those appointed to die, and
to point out To- them the shining shore
" But" the Rev. Mr.. Rhodes continuedI some
relaxation is necessary First let the min ister
see that he does not unnecessarily wear him
self out. Many II one does not begin his SER
mon until Friday and 50 be mounts his pulpit
on Sunday AL nervous and unstrung. Let the
subject ~ the sermon be selected early in the
week. BY sunday IL will bc so masticated and
Illuminated over TINT the trouble will be- not
how 10 say enough. hut when 10 stop speaking.
! Ministers should insist on keeping one day in
Il week for rest saturday is good day. then
| " blue Monday" follows. For pleasure ride
borrow u good deacon's horse and drive to the
| woods or 70 the beach. For q days trip go up
20 West Point see the beautiful Palisades. 10y
steamboat. or 20 To- High Bridge. Rorkaway. or
! Goncy Island, and take u tumble in the surf
Then how much better of you will he than the
| brethren in the country seeking rest and find
| ing none" Laughter and appause.l
! Brother Manning said that unfortunately he
| was the pastor Of church that takes identicay
| the view that Brother Rhodes takes. Laugh:
| tori He suggested that city ministers should
| 20 to the part OF the country that hears little
| preaching the year round and proclaim tho
Brother W. H. Parmly OF Jersey City thought
! that ministers 10 too much to extremes some
work too long, and others take more rest than
! is necessary. He takes vacation Of three
weeks in hot weather. Preaching doesn't wear
| ministers 20 much as the call Tor sympathy on
such occasions rs funerals and deaths. go.
Brother VIM Reed of Brooklyn said that life
/ is too short for vacations.
Brother samson Of Harlem thought that min
| isters should not 80 away from work. In the
South. on the Atlantic const. ministers retire into
] the mountainous districts and preach to large
n4mners u ne woods. Ihat is tn , only rest
stout. healthy man like Brother Rhodes should
have written on the subject
Brother Simonds Of Bloomfield takes vaca-
ton ns necessity. not because II Is either fash
! iongbe or pleasurabc. He liked the change OF
| food and-turning to the essayist-and-of--
| water II the brother peases. Laughter and
Brother $. G. Smith OF Staten Island without
| a charged was having more OF vacation than
| he wanted. lLauchter.l
Brother james Waters OF Passaic-The best
business men in the city take no vacations. and
Brother J. {. Allen was reminded. speaking
OF vncpiions. OF what the German minister said
| when asked whether he ever tired Of preach
| ing. and who replied: Oh. no: but YOU ought
70 see the congregation once Brother Allen
fancied that congregations suffer. rs well as
| ministers. If vacations are not occasionally in
dulged in.
Brother Wayland Hoyt Of the Strong Place
! Baptist Church. Brooklyn, said that vacation j.
not. rs some Of the brethren had intimated.
! synonymous with louncing. For him II is a
/ time for reading and study. for ac'umulating
! materials Tor future use 20 draw from in the re-
| mniuder Of the year. His notion of rest was
like Goethe's:
Rest ls not quitting
Tie busy career.
Rc-ti- but Hitting
The soul &C. 40. sphere.