The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-24
MINISTERS FAVOR FICTION.
Exploded Notion That They Must In
xninh Annlnsr EXerEl Ming Worllly.

Exploded Notion That They Must In
Weigh Against Everything Worldly.
THE place Of the novel IN the pastors
library" was the subject of the discus
sion at the ministers weekly meeting held
in the parlors Of the Young Mems Chris
tiau Association yesterday morning. Rev
Amos A. DOYLE opened the discussion m
favor OF the novel for homieticaI study.
and all the preachers present held the
same view IN more or less degree except
Rev. J. y Smith. who thought that X
preachers had 10 read al the novels in or
der 70 pick ont their good and useful
points they would have 10 time for any
thing else. M one diseased what parti-
cular place the novel should have in the
pastors library but all held that Il was
useful as illustrative OF The inner life OF
men and women AMI the impulses by
which they Uizht De moved.
Rev. 4 y. Doyle iu his INTRODUCTION 81
the subject. first laid il down that the
minister had as MANY privileges as the
ordinary man. ana that when God called
him - the ministry Pie did not put him
into "A st~att3scket hut left him free as
"a man 70 follow out his manly desires
and iwHgls-s The minister had the right
20 I-ay football IL he liked II. and in ex-
actlv ihc same way be had the right %
-ead novels The place ar t-e novel Iu any
,-ody's ilb-nry would he the same IN thu
0Rstor's library. and lis Use would be gov
roses the novel in bis opinion. was OF
great value go the minister and IN sup
.o~t ~ This he in-tanced Nietor Hugo's.
CHARLES Dickens ard Sa4kr s0ea-e's
works The real use made og the novel
depended gToD The reader, Wno might or
-lisht pot Bee gifted with imagination.
Rev T. r Powell vas glad that the
ministers were setting away from The
.3sa that &c was the.r duty 10 inve.gn
aea--st everything, and particularly
AGAINST fiction. He believed that when
tAa Master p,uekca the lilies ne intended
* Tor lessna.arl even as the sculptor
could Sc something beautiful ia a block
% MARBLE 50 81 was the minister's privl-
lego ard province 20 cun from anything
anywhere IDEAS that would cor tribute 10
aea-t'fv The expression 90 thei~ thoughts
Rev. J. y. Smith sad that IL the preach
e~ Was going 10 rad ali the works OF nc-
-lan thai came out he would have no time
len for anything else. Al novels We're not
En18 ana the difficulty was 20 find out
wh.cA were good without reading them.
D- W. II G.. Temple enjoyed tile discus
sion very much because = DID rot run 20
extremes In either way, hut simply as
sorted fhe ministers rights 90 the use
tH2t -teh. be wa5e o. novel reading.
IE"E ha1 10 rEht 70 condemn all iifera-
tlse because few trashy things had
crer- ia Take the novels % Dickens and
Nro'- ard used aomAeticaUv they were
- immense service 20 the preacher. lie
crew particular attention 10 the recent
lecture ~ Dr. Parsons on The Ethics OF
Shakespeare" as al instance % TIE lofty
teae-l1Es 10 ~ obtained from such
s-ocl.S. lie Issf had cried over many
GoN because ot THAR deep and tender
T&t1eS He GOA - minister who had
reat 'SaIps That Pass Il the Night" and
ee-.- see nothing ~ ~ nothing 70 laugh
@to-- nothing - c-T over; 70 lesson.
And hc Aa1 ssia 20 himself Brother. X
s92 c4-.1ct understand that you WI
EeEer b able 10 preach We can gst n
Lclc1 = know lelse - LIE that Ne canrot