The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22
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TER RECEIVE zAe u a9A
PAY FOR SERVING THE LORD i?

systematic instead of systematic meth
dos. OF course the ministers (as ali are)
is in The Lords hands, and that same
Lord has given him the ability to make.
contract for service and 10 fill it with
out violence to good conscience"
REV. FATHER P. IA. .O'REILLY, ST.
PAUL'S CATHOLIC CHURCH. I'm the
old law God ordained various. tributes tos
be given to His ministers in His own
name. He ordained eh-la the first fruits
of the substance of THE people should .
offered for the use and maintenance Is
his priests end Levltes, Mum Oh. XVIII;
and inthe new law, we quote from Tim.
v. Is: The laborer is worthy of his
reward, Cor hire.) This shows not only
a divine, but natural precslt that the
ministers of he gospel or (Al,ar). are
to be supported by those for whom they
labor. Our Divine God instituted no fix
ed system for the support of the minis
ters of His religion. He merely laid
down the general principle that the la
borer is worthy of his hire. and based
everything else upon mutual good will
between the laborers of the gospel on
one side and the faithful on the other,
relying on the power to labor in the work
of His ministry from a principle of zeal
and on the faithful to support him from
religious justice and generosity.
"Christ di not intend to have tramps
preaching the message of salvation or
administering the means of reconcllia-
ton as we see from this following pas
sage: No man being a soldier of God
entangleth himself with secular business
that he may please him to whom he has
engaged himself 2 Tim. ia
"As far as supporting the church the
people of Birmingham are like unto the
first fervent of Christians who gave free
ly according to their humble means, so
that when the gospel laborers came back
to their Divine Master He asked them:
When I sent you without purse and
scrip and shoes, did you want anything?
But they said, Nothing This shows
that the early Christians gave with a
generous llberality that all the wants
of the ministers in the ages of faith were
supplied by their faithful. 1t is strict
accord with Holy Scripture for those to
whom they preach and administer y q
Rev. P. T. Hale, pastor Southside Baps
fist church: ST have never heard of Mr.
Chase, but do not question that be IS
good and earnest man, and that he Is
devoting his efforts along lines on Which
he believes he can accomplish the best
results. Men are endowed with a diver
sity of gifts. aptitudes and tastesj and
should work according to them. 81
"I rejoice in any good that Mr.. Chase
Is doing, as I sincerely do in the work
of any man who is beneftting any fellow
creature. I must confess If l believed
my life would best serve God and Tbs q
greater blessing to my fellow men in
I the work Mr.. Chase is doing, 1 should
gladly undertake it. And 1 think there
is not a minister in Birmingham who
would not cheerfully do the same."
CAS- to the preacher requiring no salary
but trusting to the Lord for the support
of his family and the education of his
children, most of them do that anyway.
Certainly everybody should put his trust
In God But that would not be substi-
tute for earnest and wise effort and the
exercise of common sense, which Is the
sound equivalent of business principles.
can see nothing wrong in his receiving
a fixed salary. The scriptures say: The
laborer is worthy of his hire" and "they
that preach the gospel shall live of the
gospel. If he knows what he is to re-
ceive he knows what he is to depend
upon. Merchants would hardly care to
credit pastor who could only tell him
The Lord will settle it. Faith does not
exclude the use of means. The merchant
would soon be in the poor house if he
hic goods thrOl1Qh The
munity and told his creditors to pay
what they pleased and when. God has
no special admiration for a fool. The
people who continually demand heavy
burdens for the ministry are generally
those who journey with very light ones
themselves. In the country they often