Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-28
A CLERICAL DAYS LABOR.

How the City Faster Spends His Time-Work in the Study-In Quest of Marriage Certificate-House 10 House CaIls-Nork for the Poor and UnempIoyed-Lectur and Instruc- tien.
 Those who suppose that the city pastors experiences were confined to the common place, or that his life has anything of mo- notony about it, are decidedly mistaken. If there is any position in the world where the whole manhood, with its mo- blest powers, is called into activity, it is in the pulpit and parish work of city church; and if there is any station in life where, in this closing decade of the nine teenth century, the truest and best speci- mems of American manhood are called for, it is in the ministry of the Christian reli- zion. The pastor, of all men, in his expe- riences, comes closest to humanity. In sorrow and in jow he feels the pulsation ! of throbbing hearts. It is his to pass | quickly from the house of mourning to that of rejoicing. His sympathy must be real at the funeral, but quickly his heart must respond with the same sympathetic intensity as he mingles in the joyous throng at the wedding.
 Nothing that help to uplift and snnoble manhood can the pastor afford to ignore. He must be interested in the well-being of his parishioner, for the life which now is no less than for the life which is to come, 1 and must not be like the caricatured cler- xl- oI, -bn | chooses to walk off to the extreme edge Of | the world and to throw such seed as he | has clear over into the darkness which he | calls the next life"
 In short, the certainty of the pastors | interest in the present welfare of his peo- pie is the best evidence of the gennineness | of his interest in their future.
 | How does the pastor spend his timea | "Wish had to work only one day in the week inatead of six," said good ma tured business man to his pastor, after thanking him for his helpful sermon and assuring him, with suppressed sigh, that his discourse would make the heavy bur dens of the week seem lighter. But seri- ! ously, what does the pastor find to do from Monday morning until Saturday night3
 Let us see Remember, in the outset, that the study must have its half of the
 
 produced the two sermons for Sunday, the | mid-week lecture and Sunday school les
 son exposition as regulars, together with
 addresses for various conventions, Chris
 tian associations, temperance unions,
 Kings Daughters, Chautauqua circles, &c.,
 as occasionals. These would soon become
 very thin and shallow if the pastor did not
 solemnly and positively covenant with his
 study to bestow upon it, as regards hls
 time, the half of all that he possesseth.
 It must then be remembered that in chron-
 icling the experiences of day we are in
 reality giving our readers the experiences
 of only half the working hours of the
 day Parentheticslly, however, be it said
 that in our ministry we have never yet
 seen our way clear to embrace the eight 1 hour system of labor. Would you now
 have sample dayi There is great varie-
 ty. No two are alike save that each IS
 filled with unique experiences.
 Busy Sunday and blue Monday we will
 pass by. The former is well known to oul
 people already, and the latter, for the good
 of our people, we spend outside the par
 ish Usually liberal share of it is in ficted upon our editorial friends and upon our ministerial brethren.
 We will then commence with Tuesday
 There comes ring at the understanding door bell just as we are finishing lunch followed by the familiar announcement 7 s'Gentleman to see you, sirl" Said gentle 3 man proves to be bright young man anx , ious for-precisely what is difficult to de ! eide. Letters of referencei No; his mer g its are such that he needs none. Advice
 No; all thrusts in that direction are par
 ried with the skill of a conversations , fencing master. This young man is pass r ing that restless period of life when 6 |, many others, with large sail and little bal ? last, have made shipwrecks. Fortunatel 2 he has come to look upon his pastor as true friend and to enjoy unburdening hi t heart at the parsonage The hour of tim :. | which is thus consumed in trying to su! '' gest and encourage, while not altogeth, g satisfactory, is not, we trust, spent It vain. ., d Now, in expectation of 6 wedding in Il