Evening journal., 1894-12-15
THE PEW TO THE PULPIT
How the One Can Best Help
the Other in Lies Work.
SOME LEADING REPRESENTATIVES,

| The novel idea Of obtaining from the
leading representatives of business and
professional life, their views on how
best the pulpit could aid In good work
along their lines was carried out last
evening In Grace Church. It was the
ilea of Rev. DR.. Hulburd and a very
large audience enjoyed the consumma
tion of his plan. Chief Justice Lore
presided and introduced the speakers
In happy vein. Thomas r Benson
directed the music, and hymns 48
and 1913 were sung as q starter. After
Rev. Wesley O. johnson had offered
prayer and hymn No. 1877 had been sung,
Judge Lore said This rather unique
meeting strikes me as happy one. 1t is
rare thing that the congregation has a
chance to talk back at the preacher. It
is good thing once In a while for some
one else to get the chance. As l
understand 1t this meeting is to be i'm
personal, at least know l utter the
sentiments Of the pastor. We are not
here to praise Dr. Hulburd. His life and
work does that. We want to talk TO him,
as he does to us. The preacher goes
into every branch of life work, and he
desires TO see how best to reach each
class. 80 he has brought face TO face the
leaders OF each class to tell him how the
work can best be advanced. Each
speaker will be limited to ten minutes,
ample time II you have anything to say
| and too long II you haven't anything to
say. Our esteemed fellow citizen, Job
d Jackson will now speak en- 'FlnSncs
a subject be is we'll fitted to second"
Mr.. Jackson in his introduction an
nounced that DR.. Hulburd had decided
70 In uwff ba oh j.
that there was not one Of the conereRa-
tion but would be glad oft. he then
gave brief sketch OF the condition of the
church. He said there was no standing
debt on the church, that having bsen
wiped out several years ago. There is
floating debt OF So 900, and mortgage
on the parsonage. The former was made
necessary for repairs, the interest on
the latter does not exceed what would
have to be paid for rent Of a suitable
parsonage, so that neither Is a great
burden. He said the current receipts
did not meet the expenses. Collections
now amounting to SO 600 should be raised
to $S 600, and the 700 members TO do that
would have to give but one cent day
more. He urged them to make their
plate contributions larger and teach
their children to give. He also urged
all to pay promptly their pew rentals
In conclusion he said that those who
were unable to pay for slttings were as
welcome as those who could pay thous-
ands.
In introducing H. O. Conrad, who
spoke on law, Judge Lore said he was
interested In truth and from no one could
one get 1t better than from & LAWYER.
Mr.. Conrad said there were two elements
in the Christian church az present
constituted-the Divine, the voice of
God Himself; the human, represented by
the preacher and the cong rsgetion, and
this latter controls the church. The
important controlling power Ia the
church to-day is the pulpit and pew
combined The speaker referred TO
church government in Pauls time and
traced It's changes to the present time
In conclusion he said the minister should
lead, but the pew should also be con.
sidered. Both united made the strong
church
f. w. Heisler spoke eloquently on Bust
meas, and pointed out where the pulpit
could help the business man by making
him less sordid, less exscting, and more
manly He frequently loses sight of
high ideals, and the pulpit can bring
these back to him by preaching advics
and association. The pulpit should
recognize the dignity OF business and
teach that wealth is result,
fame a condition, happiness merely
relative; that mans reach
should exceed his grasp. The keynote
of success between business man and
pulpit Ia cooperation.
Judge Lore said be could see little con.
nection between medicine and religion.
and asked DR.. P. w. Tomllnson to ex.
plain. he recognized the fact, however,
that many ministers would be better for
q religious tonic. and some needed q
charge OF Christian dynamite.
DR.. Tomlinson spoke In an interesting
strain. BE said that one Of the duties Of
physicians WAS to warn against danger
as well as to cure disease and, that while
the physician stood In danger Of being
told TO keep his own counsel, the minister,
the religious physician, could with
proprlety warn. He suggested a few
points where such warnings could be of
value. Unwise marriages, the curse Of
humanity. Proper dress, a subject which
Is very frequently neglected In favor Of
other education, and the quarantine OF the
church and Sunday school from con
lkRlOuh ulhehheA bno same as our schools
now are. He spoke briefly on the good
resulting from the visit Of the pastor to
the sick chamber and said that there were
few physicians who did not recognize
| this.
"The next speaker" said Judge Lore,
"will talk to the pulpit from the stsnd.
point of politics, and think DR. Hulburd
i Was inspired when he named as thar
speaker a man who knows actdslly moth
ing about political complications, Mr..
Washington Hastings"
Mr.. Hastings said that Dr. Hulburd
neglected to inform him whether he was
to speak on ecclesiastical, state or ward
politics He did not think it was church
politics, although 1t might be shown that
he knew something about that, but it
was hardly to be supposed that he was
expected to discuss how lines were pulled
and wires laid at the general conferences.
The idea is What think Of ministers
dabbling in politics It depends. Some
politics are good, some not so good, some
bad. Whether the minister takes part
In politics depends on the character OF
that politics"
The speaker was in favor Of every one
taking an interest in the politics of his
ward, city OF stRte, providing the
| politics are not Dartisan No one wonld