New-York tribune., 1890-03-30
IN THE CHURCH PORCH.
soNF THINGS SAID AND DONE.

| SOME THINGS SAID AMI OO.>A.
A Congregational clergyman has put forth rev
ministerial don'ts" that will be useiui 10 'c o's'
| Among Others are the following: Don't tell your
| roon,e that Won have a poor sermon: they Will ma
| IL ont themselves soon enough. Don't show py your
manner that you consider yourself eoon pIca'"e'
| for IL will set your people to hndihg "edh spo'' "
vour armor Don't read all the verses OF 'nc ny "''
DON'T gestculate in prayer. Don't give 'he nhp'V'
sion that Won think the church couldn't get along
without you: for IL will soon decide 10 sho" YOU '''
1t can. Don't spurn the advice of your par'no''c'S
| Rut ON the other hand don't follow 1t on all o'ca
| sions Don't use than your share Oh 'ihc i"
| Won are the first speaker in a meethg. Doh '"n'
| sides In choir dispute. Don't preach at pcopio'
| Don't preach away from them, or above thcm or
| below them Don't look unhappy because no one
| complimcnted YOU on your crack sermon. Don
become the taebearer and gossip of the parish DON'T
show partialitv Don't be a snob. Don't be a door.
DON'T run to poetry in the prayer or sermon pon
speak dis gingy Of brother clergyman no a''cr
what the provocaton. Don't scold the people III
your sermons. Don't pull wires for every desiap'c
vacant parish. Don't graduate your work by inc
| amount of salary you receive And lastly d"h /
| imagine that your ordination made you dNinc
oracle of all knowledge. religious and secular
Saws nv friend "Farmton" in "The Advance:
. WHY do and why should, the kinds and styles OF
clothing of clergymcn vary less than the styles ana
! kinds of clothing of men in other callne' Is II
because theology is not progressive This reason 10
| the minds of some of my readers would be at once
untrue both fact and cause Is 1t because II Is
a little easier on the pockctbook to wear the Same
! STYLES every year? l. il because the clerical pro
fesson requires some distinctive mark, like the mill
tarv order? I myself have the belief and the prac-
tice that the more clergyman can dress like other
| gentlemen who engaged in work similar TO 'hac
which the clergyman is doing the better Is the taste
should prefer 10 preach in neither dress coat nor
gown. though the objection TO the gown Is iar less
than TO dress coat. The dress coat belongs to the
parlor.7
~Farmton7 also relates this little anccdote that
city missionaries will enjoy "onc of the first ques
tions that should ask a city missionary would be. do
! YOU like Joke? This mood Of fun will save one
| from a great many blue spells Last Monday our
| church sent home groceries to needy family. a
| friend OF mine bearing them into the house. The
lady looked at the brand on the bag Of -four. and
| found that il was 'Psbury's best She smclt Of
| the tea and seemed satisfied. She tore the bag %
| sugar open and found it not brown She then
sat down in A chair with air Of trustful content
| and said Yes the best things the cheapest |
fnd even if the church sends them My friend badc
her good by and hurried out Of the house in order u
| have a good laugh in the open air.
How long should a pastoral call bcl Massa-
chusetts clergyman settles this question original
| way. He has a fine dog which always accompanies
|
beside his master in respectful silence. When the
dog BRAIN with the absolute accuracy Of dog instincts
decides that the proper limit Of the call is reached he
lifts his head, rises erect, puts his nose on his
| ter's knee and wnks at him, saying: Tines up
And. thereupon the good man makes his adcus grace
fully and departs. How much better this is than the
| furtivc consultation OF watch.
No religious denomination has had more to say in
favor of Christian unity during the last few years than
| the Episcopal Church. And yet no official represent
ative OF Church present at the Joint meeting
of religious clubs which was held the othc. evening
al the Ienox Lyccun although the object Of the meet
Ing was the promotion Of Christian fellowship.
| There arc two Episcopal clubs IN this city one com
posed Of cergmen and one composed OF laymen.
We're thes, clubs not invited Or did they for some
reason decline to be prcsentl
The problem Of getting people to the second ser
vice on sunday is well nigh insolube. Good preach
Ing doesn't avail, for the man who packs his church
in the morning may preach 10 handful OF stfafsIcs
in the afternoon or evening. Fine music may at
tract music loving people. but 1t won't ill the church
Even clapfrap scnsdtiOnalism doesn't aNdll. why j.
tms1 Well | think with a CORES spOndcnt Of The
hurchman1 that Americans generally believe that one
service day is enough. They have an idea that IN
preaching one sermon week, the clergyman about
second SERMON hc will exhaust them. Ana 50 thcl
STAY home. The difficulty Of meeting the case oi
these people lies in the fact that they are, on the
whole. good average Chr liaIs lney nu,' De h oaa
because they are Christians. Hard as II i 10
convert the infde non -churchgocr il IS. think much
| harder 10 reach the who says he knows 80 nuch
aSout Christianity that he does need 10 60 10
church, except once In a while Ana yct every.
working pastor has to deal with large numbers OF
such people.
Many most excellent Christian viii agree with tn,
Philadelphia Judge, who declared the other day iha
the Kissing Of the Bibc by witness Is % fcilc % %
reoli,d mean that il was established by tho
Church to show the humiliation of the PfoPs has '1orI heey
spolished IN England judicial declarations subject
penalties being substituted , .,,,on.,,,,oos ~,
upersttous people under @ the %eI19 en a 9i y % T
daK the place Of trial by jury when mana gull
or innocence depended on ms ply sio@i tapaeS 10 M M
an Az a~d disease which is impaired to the book by t
constant handling II receives from dirty Wtnesses
a sDd mot only would not kiss such book myself
smt have respect for those who have enough respec
: for themselves to refuse 10 90 SO. u...o.
5 images: some wor,hippers kiss the toe until IL j
Worn smooth while others only st@op down , an'
touch the toe with th hp ,Smtn Snt y TIER 1Ye es To-
much regard for te1 ta Of Others have been p'
swearing on the blIe seo@d G be a. asaSsed Rt
| think a witness can take lust A. sood an oaIi "iu
the upliftcd hand as on ~" niDIc'
The recent tendency sunday schools 10 pay
great deal of attention TO the Old Testament Is opc
10 criticism Not long ago newly appointed sunday
school teacher in baltimore asked one % oi c Ud ~ ar
= year was the reply Another question brought &c on
the fact that the sr who was old tno"g ,o r to oe ss
II on this earth. She thought lie was cruclncd i
Ucaven Then the teacher tackled a boy. WHO ha
. been sunday school scholar for five years ne wa
l. equally ignorant IL don't know about Christina
II Miss > he said a have learned all about Adam an
d Fve though They lived In the Garden OF Eden, an
. one Of them ct some kind Of fruit, but don't hno,
II ,rhethcr il was Adam Eve. or what kind OF fui
| IL was but think II was apples
- Professor Iiarper's suggestion ought 10 commcn
itsclf 10 SUNDAY schools generally. II Is 10 have a
examination the Gospel OF Luke next December !
a every SUNDAY school ~ the world tnc sucrcssl'
!, candidates being graded according 10 merit Inc IL
is 81 for individual and from 30 cent 10 81 wne
- number are examined together. The America
a ! Institute OF Hebrew assumes the OVERSIGHT OF vi
scheme such an examination would stimulate
. more systematic and thorough study of the Gosp'
narrative than ordinarily possible In sunday schoo