The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-04-11
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me q copy Of tho DAlIY RErueIioAS,,
containing critic.sm By Mr.. Jannvy.
on tho action OF the Wilmingtonbcou-
ference, at its Iatesession, ON the ques- /.
ton OF ministerial EDUCATION. telling !,
me that Mr.. Janley would Ike my /
opinion OF his criticism. I will freely
give my opinion, and IL 1t is OF value j
to any / shall be glad.
/. MIR. Janney Is astray In his crltl-
cism, when he assumes that the VIII
mington Conference is more anxious
about the educational than the spirit
ual condition OF the Methodist Minis
try.
The mistake Of my brother In judg-
ing the conference more favorable
to learning from books than from the
Master Id not greater than his Islander
OF the Apostles, 1t Ia exceedingly
easy to first call the Apostles fisher
men, and then, therefore, ignorant
or unlearned, but even Brother Janney
man who doesn't know Hebrew. Greek
and Latin should not know
how to make tents and fish q
net. The fact III that most health y
men can attend TO the training of both
mind and hand and at the same time
learn from God soul love.
II Mr.. Janney InGists upon 10 that
God calls men to preach Pm willing,
but / don't believe he believes that
men are SO scarce that God must call
boys to teach from the pulpit. Now.
II God usually calls men why should
He pass by the men who haven't been
selves and call men whose idleness,
while boys, has brought them to mon
hood without ability to speak the Ian
guage OF their mothers intelligently2
Our conference said not a word
against men whose usefulness had
proved their call to the ministry and
who came to us regretting their mis-.
spent days, men whom we always find
diligently studious, men whom we
never refuse to receive with a royal
welcome, but when young men come
to US and ask admission who are hur'
rying into the ministry to escape the
hard work OF mastering the English
tongue, we point them to the pulpit
by the way Of the school house. We
are not particular whether they 60
back to school or go on the mountain
or go to some all.day prayer meeting,
just SO they know how to intelligently
conduct the service to the edification
OF the church. If tho Divine Master
has way OF teaching them that's
shorter than the common schools o.
, academies, Pm sure no objection will
be offered on the part OF the Whining
, ton Conference.
Does Brother Janney think a mar
J can't be religious because he has tried
to learn to read the Bible without
spelling out the words and has no
! tried in vain? IL we can get oul
l young ministers as learned as wer'
| the Apostles, whom our friend CALI
, ignorant fishermen, we will be NOR
than content. Did ny brother eve
read the Gospel of Matthew, Of Luke
OF John, of Acts. the Epistles OF Pete
Q and Paul? Can he find any verbal o
a grammatical blunder in any OF them
: On the other hand, won't he NM
!. them marveIs of simple statements O
q greatest truths? Let us look at thes
!. fishermen bit.
There is Matthew, he WAS an apostle
but was tax collector. John mlgh
have gone fishing occasionally, bu
will brother Janney show us an.
r authority for calling him fisherman
" Then there is Philip, 1t is true he wa
v born in city by the sea, but histor
gives Philip great credit for gree
Z learning In books and not q wor
" said about his skill with hook an
. line. Just peep at Mark, his book |
marvel for saying much In n sina
COIN DHbSs ll6 Wub f0Iy lGutAOa "
le never fished that / know OF. As Il
,e Luke he was graduate of medicin,
" o brilliant scholar, but no wondt
70 when we remember that he was raise
q at the very centre Of Syrian scholar
u ship. ,-..-
where the schools taught Greek, an
70 being SO bright O boy his parents sci
70 him to Jerusalem to study. Hebrev
is II. was in this Jewish school that b
met Paul. But Paul's claim is nc
disputed, even by Mr.. Janney. and "
he was not more learned than tt
others, his peculiar field OF labor hi
cd given him and his writings mol
at prominence than the others and eau
Id cd him to argue where they state
is- facts. Then, too, Paul had just |
10 much religion as those who had LEI
MT learning.
~ Now, blessed old Saint Peter is Br
~ Janney's man. He 10 sure. OF Pete
~ Yes, Peter was q fisherman. He COULD
as very well help it He was born on t
We the world. He was hardy youth al
I'D kept his mother In mortal agony
an his bold ventures In the sea In Il
teeth of the storms. He just loved d
sea, anu like Paul, he must have
trade, 80 his father just gave him
boat and net. But even Peter HI
Tor quit the business and moved to Cape
he naum, where he owned house, VIII
to Jesus called him to preach. As Pa
,st went to his trade of tentmaking, aft
=. - he had been preaching. eo Peter fish
o.. occasionally while following the MI
oi' ter.
oh Mr.. Editor. like Brother jaime.
w. article because 1t shows him TO bt
ed very religious man, and more, it sho'
ID, his love for the Methodist Church. i
ira while he is not member of o
II church he ls anxious to have our mi
IN istry religious. ] think he was
Methodist once. He knows what
= blessed Inheritance we have. 1 say
like Brother Janney and congratula
him on having attained to such exc
lence in the faith. This is quite
. wicked world and II our Heaven
I Father will reveal the truth directly
\ Brother Janney and other sanity m
and they will let US occasionally he
the benefit of their counsels 1t ca
but be blessing to all concerned.
II Brother Janney can think of al
thing have left out in this reply a
will let me know l will gladly
again. E. Il. HUBBARD