The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-10-23

ness WllB tue process OF years, ana WIN
deepening heart-eXperiences of our own
1t requires a large and varied knoWl-
edge of men, their motives, their sor-
rows, their temptations The man who
can do this well must be both loving
and Wise--loving with the love OF
Christ, wise with the wisdom of God.
There is also another side to Great
hearts work; while be is to be the spir-
ltual guide, he is also to be the spiritu-
al warrior, fighting with weapons OF
proof the battles of the Lord, The
Episcopal church established by law in
England makes it its boast that, send
ing forth its clergy, it places "a gentle
man in every parish That may be a
good thing or it may not Everything
depends upon who and What-like the
gentleman is. On the whole it may be
safer for our churches to try to place in
every community a true man who, as
opportunity offers, shall show himself
on the side of the oppressed and speak
up for every righteous cause. Every
here and there ON the road to the Celes-
tlal City there are powerful enemies ~
ing in wait; it is well therefore that
there should be on the road also man
with manhood enough In him to chal-
lenge them, to confront them with some
hope of victory, to proclaim the divine
authority of right over wrong.
If you have followed me thus far;
have taken into your mental vision
that picture hanging upon the wall in
the Interpreters house; and have
placed alongside it the characters of
Evangelist, Watchful and Greatheart,
you will have nearly realized to your
selves Bunyan's conception of the ideal
Christian minister nearly, but not quite.
One other scene from the Pilgrim story
is still needed to complete the whole.
When Christian and Hopeful arrived at
the Delectable mountains, where We're
gardens and orchards, vineyards and
fountains of water, they found there
shepherds feeding their fiocks. The pill
grims, going to them land leaning upon
their slaves (as is common with weary
pilgrims when they stand to talk with
any one by the way)," asked what
mountains these We're and whose We're
the sheep that fed upon them In reply
the shepherds told them that these
mountains are Emmanuels land. with
in sight of the city, that the sheep feed
ing on them are His, and that He laid
down His life for them. Further, the
shepherds said that the Lord of these
Mountains had given them a charge not
to be forgetful to entertain strangers;
therefore the good of the place was be-
fore them The names of the shepherds
were knowledge, Experience, Watch
full and Sincere. This is a pastoral
scene, quiet and restful, the meaning of
which it is not easy to miss. These
shepherds are pastors of the flock of
Christ, and their four names denote
four qualities all of which should be
found in every good minister of Jesus
Christ. And, whereas, the other names
we have had before us-Evangelist,
Watchfu Greatheart. set forth the out
ward activities of the minister's life,
these names Wedge, Experience,
Watchful and Sincere-describe the in
ward qualities and spiritual equipments
of the man divinely called to feed the
flock of God.
He is to have knowledge, the learn
ing, the intelligence obviously required
to feed the people of God with knowl-
edge and understanding. He is to have
a mind ever alert to see and learn, es-
pecally the best things, intermeddling
with all wisdom, especially that which
relates to God and things of God
Then too he must acquire experience.
1t is ar-bought. 1t can only come
through undergoing temptation, trial.
heart-sorrow But it is worth all it
costs, for it brightens many Scripture
otherwise obscure, sends a thrill
through many prayer, and wings
many an arrow to the conscience. He is
also to be watchfuI. He who bore that
name as porter of the Palace Beautiful
was to watch over the church and its
without; this man of the
same name is to keep guard over heart
and life within. He is to watch over
his own soul, and also to watch for the
souls of his people-to watch as they
must be sincere. Simplicity and purity
Of intention in him will soon be felt by
his people and will give him wonderful
power over their hearts, They will let
him say anything to them when once
they are sure that he is real and that he
loves them. I'm holiness and sincerity
Of God says the apostle. 1--WE behaved
in the world, and more album
1antly to you ward unreal words
On the lips in daily converse; no false
fire on the altar in prayer and sermon
no affectation of sympathy the heart
Hoes not feel!
And now, having thus given you, from
Dream, Bunyan's ideal of
he minister of Christ, let us turn to
see how he tried to realize that ideal in
mis- own life and ministry.
First, let us see how he tried to rea-
ize it in his preaching. As to literary
'orm, his sermons naturally took much
If their character from the time in
which he lived. But while these were
lrrayed after a seventeenth century
manner, there was that about them
which was peculiarly his own To be-
gin with, he was master of grand and |
lobe Saxon speech 1t came to him
Is naturally as song to bird. And it |
vas not meant for mere rhetorical dis |
,lay. He meant to do something with |
lis sermons when he had made them. |
lie was bent on seeing spiritual reai- |
les for himself and on making other |
,eople see them. He would take moth
ng at secondhand. Autographed SER
mons, such as so many of the English
leroy buy al so much dozen, would
lot have been in his way Saws he "T |