The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-25

ar5eE, who couIC curing the week
teach young men the theory Of preach
ing and then on Sunday go into the pu!-
pit ana with the thunder AID light
Ming of Christian eloquence show them
how. What would you think Of FAC
ultv of unsuccessful merchants TO
train young merchants or faculty OF
unsuccessful lawyers 20 train young
LAWYERS? It is o+Ien the case thar
theological seminar:es cut man ard
clip him arG square him anc no.o A!n
and bore him and twist hin until al
the individual is gone out Of him and
he IS only poor copy Of man who
was elected 70 & protessoTa5e because
he could not preach. We want less
dcadwood in the theological semi
nar:es and more flaming evangels.
At meeting of the general assem-
BY OF the Presbyterian church of the
United States clergyman accus'
toned on the Sabbath to preach tc
an audience Of 200 or 800 people. in ar
audience room that could hold 1900
was appointed to preach sermon Oh
how to reach the masses. l am tolo
the incongruitv was too much for the
risibilities of many OF the clergy II
the suGience. Now, young man
coming out from such bedwaring in
fucnccs, how can he enter into the
wants and the woes and the synpa'
thies OF the people who want on the
Lords day q practical Gospel that
will help them all the week and hetE
them forever?
Young ministers are told they must
preach Christ and Him crucitied. Yes
but not as an abstraction. Many q
minister has preached Christ anc
Him crucifed in such a way that he
preached an audience Of 500 down tc
200. and from 200 to 100, and from 1oC
to so, and from 30 TO 20. and on down
until there was little left save the
sexton, who was paid to stay until
the service was over and lock up
There is a grea. de;t o. cant about
Christ and Eim cruci8ed. 1t is not
Christ and Him crucifed as an ab'
stract;on, but as \ Omnipotent sym
pathy applied to all the wants and
woes of our immortal natuTe-a
Christ who will help Us IN every DO
nestic, social, financial, political, Ra'
tional struggle-s Christ isr the par
ior, Christ for the nursery, Christ
for the kitchen, Christ for the barn
a Christ for the Street, Christ fol
TIE store, Christ for the banking
house, s Christ for the factory, 8
Christ for the congressional Assem-
bly,, 8 Christ for the courtroom, g
Christ for every trial and every ener'
gency and ever perturbation.
It is often the case that tho diff
sculty begins clear back in the home
circle with misappreheDsion as to
which child ought to be consecrsted
TO the ministry. John is keen, bright
boy. He is good at bargain. When
he trades at school, he always gets
the best Of it. Make him merchant
He will soon gather fortune apo 60
right up to take his place among the
commercial princes. George has
great cerebral development. Phrene'
logically, language is large. Make
him lawyer. he viii argue his way
20 the front, and he will take his
place among the Ma1s6elds and the
Storys. Henry has large girth e7
the chest and is military in his ster
and bearing. Send him to West Point
We shall see him yet g. brigadier gen
eral. William IS fond of sketchins
ships, and he knows as much aoOuI
o vessel as al old sailor. Make hina g
sbipbuiIder. The vessel that he builds
will successfully wrestle with tbs
Caribbean whirlwind. Aleek is not
very well. Ee has never had very
good digestion. Since that last ma
Iarial attack his spleen is enlarged
He has a morbid way OF looking al
things. He will sit for hours look
ing at one figure il the carpet. III:
manners are so mild, so soft, so gen
tie, so aGectionate, SC Heavenly, ane
he cries easily. Make him minister
Now, my friends, that is a great mis-
take. II you want to cocsecrate o2e
of your sons to the Gospel ministry
take the enc widest awake, tAe
brawoiest, the most brilliant, the
most irresistible, the most potent. a
tremendous ,.ork opens before a pro
fessioo whose one object is to Lift
the nations toward God and prepare
them for Heaven.
All, my friends, churches viii os
largely attended just in proportion
as we ministers can meet tbe3'
wants, meet their sufeTings, NEE
their berearements and meet thei1
synpathies. If there be a church
with small help, small audience, nedi
un help, medium audience; large
help, large audience. If there be
family IN a city and three depots 0.
bread and one depot has 100 loa7es
and another 500 loaves and another
tesot 10000 Ioaves, the depot thai
has 100 loaves will have applicants
the depot that has 500 losTes vii
have far more applicants, the depst
that has 10000 Ioaves viii have
throrgs, tbrongs, throngs.
Oh, ny brethren in the Christian
ministry, we must somehow get ou'
shoulders under the burden Of thu
people On the Lords day and giv'
them g good stout nft, and we can d.
it. We have It al our ewn way. It i
q great pity If with the floor clea:
and no interruption, we cannot dur
ing the course Of al hour get GU,
HYMN or our prayer or our sermon
under such momentum we can, by th'
help of God, lift the people, body
mind and soul, clear out Of their sins
temptations snd troubles.
We must make our churches mag
nets to draw the people thereunto, 81
that a man will feel uneasy If he doe:
not 20 to church, saying: II wish
had gone this morning. 7 wonder i
I can't dress yet and get there il
time. It is II o'clock; now they ar