Evening journal., 1888-06-01
THK RAps1Sr unroN.
rts Semi-annusI Session Concluded
In Two DaYs.

What we want Is not the quantity but the
quality of ministersn These people dom
know what they re talking about. When
q man Is called CT God TO the ministry he Il
brought with the brains that God has given
him. There are many people in some OF
the churches who think they can preach
better than the minister. Some day they
msy have chance. A great hindrancs to
young men entering the ministry Is the low
salaries provided. The average salary
given In the Baptist churches for the
past year was 1892. One reason the sons
OF ministers seldom enter the minis
/ try IL because they see how their
parent with his small salary must
push TO get along at ALL The young men
are coming to be the leaders ia the church.
A young, good looking minister will be
called upon TO preach more often than the
old ope In eministerlsl bureau in a certain
city II man is over 30 years OF age and
has more than four children, he Is unable
TO get a position. Many wrong impress
I sions have been formed about the seminar.
les. Some persons think that as soon o. q
man is no good for preaching, be starts
seminary. The fact is that these seminar
les are generally under charge Of men who
have been successful in their pastorats and
who will be successful in the seminary
God viii multiply the quantity and will
increase the quality OF the ministers when
the churches act accordingly.
DIR. Weston made some able remarks on
the subject. The relation between the
psople and their spiritual adviser is that
given the character OF the one and you
have that OF the other. No man can be a
successful minister unless he has a love
for study. He told OF the happy life he
bad spent through his trials At the con
cluaion OF his remarks he received hearty
applause. Revs. j. C. Long, d. D., and
@. w. w. Bishop also discussed the sub-
ject
Raw II. B. Harper delivered an address
on NEED OF house TO house visitation
aad mission schools in evangel zAtion."
There Is constantly coming to this country
the "b!lRe water OF other nations. These
people all need the Gofpal. The question
which wc have to meet is: Shall ws run
along With tho tide or shall we
meet 10. We must meet II and We must
train the Rntling guns OF our churches, on
the enemy. Carry the gospel into the
houses II we do not evangelizs the world,
the world will corquer us. We must alb.
sorh the ''bilge watern from the other coun-
tries, or Il will absorb us We must absorb
II with the gospel IN some way. By putting
ourselves on the same platform as the ones
We meet, by finding out their thoughts and
feelings we may know how to act. IL we
do not feel the gospel in our own hearts,
and lives we will not be able to briug others
to him. We need not wait for the Lords
blessing IL our heart "a in the work, for 1t
has come IN a mighty etrcam. aud all we
have to do is to put ia our little buckets
aud get them full to pour them
forth. II the work is done as God directs
it will be indeed successful Rev. NJ.
Heath followed giving some Of his personal
experience ~ his work as missionary. Rev
Eiwin II. Bronson, who is connected with
the KIngs Household of Bible Readers,
gave an address on "Bible Study in the
Family The address was interesting and
Instructive. aud explained the system Of
Bible readings, which has several thousand
subscribers This system was organized II
1884 In Philadelphia, and has correspopd.
ents all over the world. Toe object il to
Introduce the systematic study OF the
Bible by plan OF correspondence, simple
yet complete. After tho singing or the
doxology Rev. W. X. Patton pronounced
the benediction and tie meeting adjourned
The audie nee was then given supper in
the lecture room where four large tables
were we'll supplied.
The evening session opened shortly after
Z 80 o'clock, with L. b. Jones, moderator,
and Rev @. II. MacClelland. secretary, on
the platform. The attendance was large
and attentive. The choir 10 charge OF II.
NJ. Zimmerman rendered the hymn "Roch
Of Ages" A motion OF DIR. Boothe that
Rev. e. z williams preach the doctrinal
sermon at the next meeting was carried |
Tho chairman Of the committees gave their |
repairs. Resolutions were adopsed thank |
Ing the iaaies Tor the entertainment, the |
railroads for the reduced rates, the press
for the full reports Of the m etin9s, RaG r, ,
Al. Bruce for assisting Ia the singioR On
motion II was decided to have tho sermon |
Of the morning BY Professor J. G. Long, D. |
D published 10 toe National Baptist Rev. /
Il. l. WaylAnd, editor OF the National |
Baptist addressed the meeting on the |
subject" Does Christian growth Ia our,coun-
try keep pace With our material progress = |
The speaker showed by statistics recently
published in the Baptist Y ear Book Of 1888 |
that the increase in membership Of the Bsp.
tist church 10 the LAST year was ia .429: the
increase in real estate 500. 600 900, aud vi
the contributions were not so large as ia
the preceding years He wants to see the
time when each and all Of Christ's baptized
people will be personally working for him.
We are not working as our numbers
should require.
The congregation and choir sang the
hymn Nearer my God to Thee TIE Rev.
II. G.. Weston. D D.. Of Philadelphis. pres-
ident OF the Grocer Theological Seminary,
then gave an address on "Tas duty OF the
church TO the non-church Roersn The
duty OF the church is TO make the
church man happier than ANYBODY
else. II this is not done, il i
useless to talk 60 the non-ehurch ,goers
about coming TO church. There are four
provisions by which non church goer
may be brought into church. They are:
Character. influence, conduct and destiny.
A christiaa man should be sweet pleasant
and agreeable; some Of them are not, and
their piety is made an excuse for stiffness.
good way to reach parents Ia through
their children. "Train up parent in the
way he should 20" aud the child is the
trainer. We should 20 after the non
church goers; and when we get them the
church is generally the worst place TO bring
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