The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-19
LECTURE GIVEN
AT THE UNIVERSITY,
Aev. H. H. GOwen Delivers . Dis
course to the Students On
1.-THE Mfmfsfrv-

The fourth In the series Of lectures by
Gso'nis en- men on the question, What
a.ss BEFORE the students Of the University
o. washington. was delivered yesterday
Dy the Rev. f. II. Gowen Of Trinity
TIE speaker was introduced by PresEasn.
Srases. who referred 10 the fact that Mr.
Io"sn was not oniy eminent minis
Sowen. whose subject was The Minis
try, on rising referred In complimentary
rms Tins . me address Of Rev w II. g.
Tempe before ne collegians on the previ-
Gus Friday Taking up the ministry. ne
SAID ne did not consider II more sacred
man any other profession. Every profess
the reai aim Of all % them was 10 bless
ara oeneftt mankind Al .hig point he re-
ferre9 10 George Eiiot'= beautiful compo-
sition. 'Stradivarius' in which the old
himself could make Anton.o's victims with
our antonio. Every profession should be
= Vehlcie to help on mankind; and ineul-
cafe truth and justice in the life Of man.
lie hardly regarded, he said. the minis
w as a vocation or choice, and quoted
from the Bible In support ~ his statement
you When a man entered the ministry
ne must give up all things else.
There We're three points. he said. In re-
spect 10 the ministry which were OF the
utmost importance. The first point was
this, that man who looked forward TO
ths ministry as profession should look
y
not believe any man would succeed In any
profession unless he did this He should
look upon 1t. said Mr.. Gowen. Amos; ike
a WIFE and bear its troubles and trials
with courage. and not abandon IT, Any
break la the continuance OF life was q great
hindrance In a mans career
The second point was that a man must
not look 70 the wages. but TO the work: not
for love Of wages. but for love ~ the work.
should the ministry be entered. There were
only a few ciergymen. like the archbishop
t-AngEFh3sFR al "a
les. and they mad 10 spend TX all In the
?urtherance Of their work. In other pro-
isssions when the work increased so did
the wages: but in the ministry al the
work Increased, the wages really became
smaller. Mr.. Gowen at this point in his
lecture told Of the old Presbyterian elder
who: when praying for his clergyman ask
ed the Lord that he fthe clergyman nigh,
be left poor and humble and who con-
GUIDED with The words; DO Thou keep him
humble. o Lord. and ~ VIII keep him
poor A man In entering the ministry
should feel that ne was coming into the
great brotherhood OF love.
The third point that the ministry de-
manded the exercise and use OF every fac
uity man might possess. mo man has
any right" said Mr.. Gowen ito specialize
for any profession whatever until he has
broad solid foundation OF knowledge
He referred TO his own church. the Epis-
copalian. as requiring a university education
orders would receive his orders minis
ter In this age needed very broad and lib
erai education in literature. science and
art
In the past the church had absorbed the
greatest scholars the greatest lawyers the
greatest physicians. the greatest travellers.
etc. VINO had enriched the light of the
church when otherwise IL would have been
impossible. He spoke of the fact that Of
ten when he would read the previous career
or any clergyman who had recently been
made bishop. he would come across the
statement that he had been prominent IN
some branch Of athletics AT his university.
In The ministry such men had used their
mental and physical abilities as they had
down in their athletics. and consequently
had come 10 the top. a clergyman. said
Mr. Gowen. needed 10 be broad enough 10
meet men on their own ground ANYBODY
who presumed on high mental gifts would
never get on: nigh mental gifts must he
most fatal gifts minister could have was
the ''g:f. o the CAB" and the idea that
like Shakespeare's character, Bottom, he
could do everything.
have fellowship with God. who was the
subject OF his work, and with man, who
was the object He told Of the parish priest
who went up on the steepe to find God
but had been sent down again by God FOR
God was 10 be found among the multi
tuaes.
Mr. Gowen laid great stress on the fact
that character was above all things essen
tai 20 success. not only N the ministry
bu. In all other professions. a minister
had 10 watch TO eradicate any flaw that
might be IN his character. or he was DOOM
ed to failure. 4 minister he declared. had
his temptations like other men only much
stronger. He quoted from C;oIdsmith's DE
serted Village the part describing the vii
iage parson. this description stu being trus
for the really successful minister All am
billion must be laid aside a man must he
ready 20 give up his RE 70 MS work. IL
he desired TO succeed as minister
Al he close OF Mr.. Gowen's address the
students applauded IN vigorous manner
10 show their appreciation II his effort and
then the t OF w. auar'ette COMPOSED Of
Messrs. Butt. Fadden. Chssnu. and Rich
srdson, made rs initial appearance and