The Press., 1886-05-06
(New Haven Ralladipm, April 9.l MINISTERS WHO LAUGH.

Rev. Dr. Burton of Hartford opened his EcOnrse of lectures bef0Ee the Yaa6 sheplogi-
 cal students yesserday aftefmoon. Most 1 of you feel your limitations" said he. ! stGod is not through with you, and your
 teachers are not either. It is Q question
 whether you possess enough physical
 strength to become good ministers. Men
 must have bodies or they are but little use 1 to aPcongreghtiOH. RYDAr E6adness when you get to be ministers will not get stale. You can be honest, truthfufan faithful I lget tired of you will M6sR passNtO the I your intellect. When yon become full-
 hedged ministers you will hh called upon ! to advance new ideas and discuss spiritual
 things. as well as things problematical, in
 an original manner. Where will ssyou get original ideis from? Thaesis question not easy to answer, in my dlinion. We draw ideas from within oursel9ea. IMhall not speak tO yonsto-day of ext AaA Aina1E lation. How shall we get hnld of new ideas? We cannot do it by bPcoQaing intellectual hermits. We must read mach, of course, but wa must ala ming gte with
 men of ideas. We must converse with our
 superiors, and even if we do make them
 squirm when wea make iga Eans sSerarkS we snail learn BOm0GQ1nHs
 "Do not go about with long face sos
 Do not look as if you were gdkhg to talnk
 when you hear a doubtful 1emafk. sYo0 ara not an angel. and it wilEAot hurt you
 to see something of life. cOpfess like
 to zee ministers drop into the piaeteenth century club, as Dr. MSCosls dit tse other
 day in New York Attend all meetings.
 Do not confine your presencssto the holy
 men entirely You cannot go through
 the world, done up ia gWhits Wax.G \ Yeua
 were created in the world aud presume
 you are not particularly anxious tO get out
 of it. Therefore do not hesitate to laugh
 when you feel like it. It will not iniure
 your chance of eternal hapRiness if you
 laugh at good joke, or crack one your
 self. I remember that nptla geat while
 ago attended Aa dinner party Composed
 entirely of ministers. Henry Ward Beech
 CT was there, and when a leg of mutton
 was placed on the table, he sad The next tune that sheep blaAts fWill beAftOm 8 pulpit Every thing thatsyou take into your brain or into your stomach will blaAf from your pulpit. Therefore always en- or hear
 'sDo not be like the steamer described by that eccentric preacher, Sam Jones. He said that }swhensthe SEeemer's whistle l was blown the machinery stopped There was not enough steam tdrun both Be careful that you do not stop your machine | ry. when you blow your Cram l ming. to use "a college pt1rass, does not 1 amount to much. You simply make a | sluiceway of yourself. By Crnmming you gain no lasting knoWledge. It is true that { few particles Of knowledge may cling to the aides of the snice. Do not stand upl in your pulpits andKan sermon m 36s sO0OI words in a mechanical manner. Your will not caka to listen to . public rehearsal of something you have read ont of book. A stick may be good stick. It may be strong stick and good thing to hitch too; but itsis nevertheless g ] stick, and in the great majority of cases no ! one will know whether tf1g a good stick kpr not. You must stand up and work, speak and mingle with your people. They will ! then not only hitch to you but will know what kind of a stick you sre."