Morning journal and courier., 1885-04-18
YALE THEOLOGICAL S

YALE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. Dr. Taylor, of New York, Lectures to
 The Theological Students-ssThe He-
 reic Spirit in the Christian Minis
 try.,'
 Rev. Dr. Taylor spoke yesterday afternoon in the Marquand chapel upon ''The Heroic Spirit in the Christian Ministry" The les son of Gideon's three hundred has an impor- tant application to those who are in the Christian ministry. Those only are called to the ministry who are true to Christ and to their convictions, who feel that they must engage in this work and forget themselves in entire absorption in the work.
 The men who ''lap'' are impatient to be up and at the work of saving lost souls and grappling with the evils of the times; they only will be successful Many frst-rate car penters have been spoiled to make tenth-rate ministers. Education and diploma do not make the minister; they only stamp him.
 The minister who is willing to begin any where and do anything and whose only ambi- ton is to promote Gods work has the true heroic spirit. Without this spirit the life of the minister is the most common of the com 1nonplace and the greatest of all drudgeries; with it the vocation is most exalted. The he roic spirit sometimes manifests itself in the very choice to be minister of the gospel, as is illustrated in the case of Paul. The fol- lowers and preachers of Christ in the first sacrifices; the joy of what they got made up for all that had been lost and swallowed up all thoughts of sacrifice. The extensive property in souls" that they had acquired re- joiced them and gratifed their higher selves. They who enter the ministry with this spirit will never be disappointed.
 This heroic spirit will show itself in the choice of field of labor. It will not lay down certain priori principles, which the parish must possess, but will hold the minis ter ready to go anywhere at the call of the master and will prefer for him the place that has the greatest difficulties. It is perilous to say s'Lord send me anywhere but here, or there" for the very thing that you do not waht to do, the Lord will perhaps constrain you to do To the place where you do not want to go, you will probably have to go and will find there the greatest joy of your life. without reservation; keep yourselves milites expedite te-unencumbered soldiers, The biographies of foreign missionaries give great deal of sympathy, for they give us the record of servants of God who have gone l where there was the greatest need of them. In preaching present the truth as it is, not keeping back part from fear or desire of | fattery. It must, of course, be done at some l risk, yet the always true and heroic spirit will brave the risk and come off victorious. | That which the age dislikes, if it is the ! truth of God, is for that very reason of dis l like the very thing which the age most needs | Hon he ia | maintained depends on the thorough realiZa- tion of the relation to Jesus Christ and fellow | men. The power of Christianity centers in l the personality of our Lord. Strength is de rived from indwelling in him, for Severed | from me ye can do nothing" The Lord is not mere abstraction, but is loving friend | imparting power and knitting himself to the | soul by ties of affection. This living love ot l the living Lord for the soul of man and the | responding love of the soul for the Lord are | the Inainsprings of the minister's heroism. The consciousness of personal unison with Christ is the source of action and the foun tain of strength. Heroism always radiates | from this central fire.
 Let the motives be drawn from Christ's
 words ''For my sake;'' everywhere-at home in the church, in the social parlor, in all youl dealings with your fellowmen, in death an6 in life let 'For my. sake' rule. Spirituality belongs to the motive, the heroic spirit also
 belongs to the motive, and for that.we look we'll to it's purity. The highest heroism is impossible without realization of unior with the living Christ. With this, where Christ is, is power; where he fights, is vic l tory, and where he dwells, is the heroic l spirit.
 The Elks' Coming Entertainment.
 The arrangements for the Elks' benefit al
 Carl1's on Thursday afternoon, April 36th
 are nearly completed and in few days th' programme giving details will be issued
 All professionals from New York and Bos
 ton who take part will be met at the depo
 and taken in carriages to the New Havel | House. The entertainment will commenc
 promptly at 2 o'clock, and will close shortl
 after 5, when all performers who appear a
 the New York theaters in the evening vii
 be conveyed to the depot. By this arrange
 ment many of the leading ladies and gentle
 men of the metropolitan stage are enabled t
 participate in this benefit. People who re
 member the fashionable affair of this orde I in New York are already securing their seats