The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-28

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WANTED-A MINISTER.
The Demands of the People of Thriftyville
for Minister.
Thriftyville wants minister They are look
ing far and near to find one; but they want the
right man." Thriftyville is not one of your old,
effete, worn-out places 1t is a place grown up
quickly on Rapid river in the beautiful valley
of Eureka. 1t is a very important place-stand-
ing directly the center of the earth, so that
if a hole were dug and stone dropped into it,
it would pass through the very center of this
great world. 1t has growing population, and
boasts of "a circle of very intelligent people"
Moreover, it seems to be 1.-The center of great
moral influence and it now wants minister
second to none. They want to get the society
out OF debt, to repair the old wastes which time
has already made in their half built sanctuary,
to gather in the young, to draw full house,
and to make the concern every way prosperous
| and respectable and easy to support.
Now for the qualifications desired They are
so few and simple that 'the right man" prob
ably stands at your elbow.
He must be man mature in intellect and ripe
in experience-and yet so young that all the
the people will rush after him.
He must be quick, ardent, flashing, nervous in
burn brightly prompt, ready, and wide-awake-
and yet a man Of the most consummate pru-
dence. whose nerves will never be unstrung, or
out of tune.
that he can startle, and arouse, and kindle, and
move the congress ation-and yet cautious SO
cool, that he is always safe, calm, selfpossessed,
unperturbed.
the church-and yet let them be quiet and look
on, while he does all that is done for Christ.
He must urge and move men, and lead the
whole people to salvation, and get them all into
the church--and yet be so judicious that he can
discern the difference between the wheat and the
chaf and let none but real converts into the
fold.
He must be strong and original in the pulpit,
and bring only beaten oil there-and yet visit
daily from house to house, listening to gossip,
twaddle and scandal; and also be at leisure to
receive any call, any interruption, and prepared
for every occasion; and like the town pump,
never lacking for water, or running dry.
He must be workman who shall so down
deep into the mines of truth, and quarry out its
pillars and set them up, and make men come
and wrestle aroung them-and also be gifted
man in light conversation, on all that floats in
the everyday world around him.
He must have health, so that his body never
wearies; his nerves must never culver; real
specimen Of muscular Christianity-and yet be a
profound thinker, close reasoner and a most
diligent student, getting his books from any
quarter WnGp0 ne can ma tnGm.
He must be poor in this worlds goods, to show
| that money is not his object and SO that he can
| sympathize with the poor, and cannot help feel
ing humble and dependent-and must also en-
| terrain more company than any other man in
| town; his children must be second to none in
education and training they must be respecta-
| bly, dressed and he must give away more and
give more cheerfully than any man in the place,
not even excepting Squire Rich himself; and his
family must be models, in al respects, for the
community,
He must be man who can remain in one
| place year after year; and his congregation must
| hear the same voice, on the same subject, sew
| eral times each week-and vet he must come
| every time original, as fresh, as glowing, as
| if it were done but once year.
| He must be able to live in a glass house, al
ways acting in public. coming in contact with ali
sorts of men and of prejudices, so original that
all will respect and fear him-yet never odd or
eccentric. morose, repulsive or awe-inspiring in
manners.
He should have the powers and attributes of
an angel with the sympathies, the gentleness,
| and softness Of a child.
| He must be always ready, lofty keyed to the
best public PITCH and yet SO calm In spirit, and
word, and look that nothing can disturb his re-
| pose.
He must be able to serve three masters, at
| least-the Lord. the church and the society or
parish of wordlings who hire him; and he must
SO balance things that he will please all and Of
fend none.
He must never preach so that the people are
| not proud of him when they have stranger in
| the pew, or so that the echoes of his sermon
| shall not come back when he goes abroad-and
| yet every sermon must be so beautiful that all
| the young people viii admire it. and wonder over
it, and so simple that the little child carry it
| all home and repeat it to his grandmother,
| His wife must be the model of all models. She
| must be young and handsome but not indiscreet
| or vain. She must be worthy of the admiration
of all the people, and yet think she is the humblest
| of them ALL She must watch, and discipline, and
| prune and lead, and make her husband the
| embodiment of all excelence but she must
| never be aware Of her power, lest she become
| oyerbearing She must be the model OF lady,
| have fair face and white hands, though COM
PEELED to do all the work of her family. She
| must be ready to meet everybody with smile,
| take her hands from the -four at any moment,
wear checkered apron, and still be dressed like
| lady Her face must never be otherwise than
| cheerful, and her head must do its achings in
| secret: and she must give none occasion to call
her extravaganza, or to call her mean She
must be able to alter the same dress
four times turning it thrice, and fitting it to a
smaller child each time.
She will also be expected to De the very life OF
| the Dorcas Society, the most jealous member OF
the All-labor Society. the very backbone OF the
Maternal Association, the warm leader In the
female prayer meeting, and the head and mover
in the reading circle, and the visitor general OF
the poor.
The minister must, Of course be of sound doc
trine, able to lay his hands on the naked founda
tons of truth. to fortify and defend the hill
i of Zion-and yet must never preach the old
fashioned doctrines. They are not spicy. They