The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1889-01-18
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q. guHU IhflIH ~ la world said the
q ryainu "4hls tsa strange 90 say. Is
Shaved hy SONS members 90 oar own con
rrerations, who. II tnev u11A fhc Interest in
TIE clurrh they should. would so1n learn g.
kuoe boftor.
"N1i long ago I wa aceost-d rs ! came
OFT oi nv study q morning hy an old
pArisnionar ~ mIue with The remark
'Ab bow Do yuu dal WHAT do v1u expect
O. iud 90 d0 THAI Jvfl enHhlr y1u % kul the
time between nuw ana next sunday
TINS, um s1rrE q say. Expresses the
idca formed hy tao ulssca 0T ucief-rmuns
life. ldlc' No indeed. wc arc not. hatc
beeu iu both the business aud Christian
world Tor over twenty Eve years. and I
never worked 40 bard iu my life as I have
since became a minister
"Thc world ~ iaourors aud mechanics
are crying out FOR less hours, yet we work
from fourteen o. nineteen hours "a duv, sun
days included. To bc sure. there b a Ger
tain advantage Ia our business for such /
must term it-in the fact of is not being
monot0nous. We generally try 20 spend
our mornings Ia u studies, but we are
subject 20 SO many interruptions that | do
my best thinking and almost uIl ms writing
after nine p m. and nave for nearly twenty
years. We are public men, the servants of
the people, aud should be- 40 their disposal
at any hour 81 the day or NIGHT. ! have al
ways made myself easy Of access, aud hold
myself In readiness % extend sympathy or
do good where good can be- dune. We arc
subject 10 sudden calls Tor funerals. bap
tsIns, weddings and sick calls, and are OK
pectcd 70 lcnd an cur 10 the wall of sorrow
from whomevcr Il may come
As a minister you are Justly expected 20
give consolation. To do uli3 you must give
the matter your undivided attention. Then
comes the preparation Of our rmo
This necessarily take. timc, and q GREAT
deal OF H. u takes thought and study 70
enable a clergyman 10 present TO his con
gregation Sunday after Sunday and year
after year thoughts that will reach their
hearts, and preach sermons which will not
pail upon them, and do more harm than
good by turning them from the church with
a feeling AKIN 90 disgust no the minister's
poverty OF expression or mcagcrness of
thought.
What time lean get from my sick calls
and other drains upon my time / devote to
study, but ! have not an IDLE moment, and
have no opportunity for social calls what
ever. My method II making a sermon is
this: In the first place | settle on n theme
early In the week. read about Il, investigate
II and think about IL until the inspiration
selves me 10 write, and then i US my habit
10 write 10 ~ one sitting. Il Is done by
Simply letting my thoughts accumulate.
Every thing "A man readt. secs and thinks
about In ms life ana travels Is held by the
cumulative power which stores up ideas.
These are occasions when Il sermon comes
like "a fash and is seen from beginning TO
end by pure inspiration. ami gomo Of the best
sermons / ever preached have come in that
WAY, suggested by something | had seen or
somebody had said.
"Arc these studies an retrospective. deal
Ing entirely with the traditions OF the paste"
fthey should not be, but / regret to say
that IA some cases they are, and this ac-
counts fOr the failure some men make as
ministers Of the Gospel They seem 10 for
ect that the world is progressing, that
every year the people ~ whom they preach
uro becoming better informed on an sub.
icc's; that the minds OF the young. like
spopges, are absorbing an the knowledge
tacj can, and that each generation rs he
coming bcttcr informed than the last.
These points arc vital 10 Tho success OF a
clergyman. lie must moi oul3 keep abreast
Of tho times, but II possible u advance Of
them, az a school tcachcr must ahead Of his
class. Once lot your congregation pass you
In This education, 81 that they look down
upon you from the height of this superior
knowledge, and your usefulness Is de
stroyed Tho narrowness Of your views is
at once detected by their bcttrr trained IN
t%ellects, and the truths you may tell thom
lose their value. 4 congregation look to
their minister for guidance and for help,
and il is folly for the blind 10 lead those
who can sec, or the weak to assist the
strong
We can not preach a sermon that fur
nishes food for reelection without first re-
fiecting, nor can SIC hope 20 elevate the
thoughts Of those % whom we preach when