The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1901-09-20

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ing and then ON Sunday go into the null.
pit and with the thunder and light-
ming of Christian eloquence showt6am
how. What would you think ola fac-
ulty of unsuccessful merchants 10
train young merchants or a faculty ~
unsuccessful lawyers 10 train vo,,no
lawyers? 1t is often the case thai
theological seminaries cut man and
clip him and square him and mold him
and bore him and twist him until All
the individual is gone out of him and
he is only poor copy of man who
was elected TO a professorate because
he could not preach. We want less
deadwood in the theological semi
naries and more flaming evaneels
AT meeting of the general assem-
bly, of the Presbyterian church u the
United States clergyman accus-
toned on the Sabbath 10 preach 10
an audience of 200 or 300 people. in an
audience room that could hold / 500.
was appointed TO preach sermon on
how 10 reach the masses. / am told
the incongruity was too much for the
disabilities of many of the clergy in
the audience. Now, a young man
coming out from such bedwarfnp in
tiuences, how can he enter into the
wants and the woes and the Nnpa-
thies of the people who want ON the
Lords day practical Gospel that
will help them all the week and help
them forever?
Young ministers are told they must
preach Christ and Him crueifid. Yes.
but not as an abstraction. Many
minister has preached Christ and
Him crucihed i'm such a way that he
preached an audience of 500 down to
200. and from 200 TO 100. and from 100
10 so. and from 20 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 greas deal % cant about
Christ and Him crucified. Ii is not
Christ aud Him crucified as an alb
straction. but as an Omnipotent sym
patty applied to ali the wants and
woes of our immortal nature-a
Christ who will help us in every do
mestic, social. financial. political, ma
tional struggle Christ for the par
Tor, a Christ for the nursery, Christ
for the kitchen. a Christ for the barn.
Christ for the street. a Christ for
the store, n Chris for the banking
house, a CHRIST for the factory.
Christ for the congressional assem-
bly,. Christ for the courtroom. a
Christ for every trial and every emer-
gency and ever perturbation.
1t is often the case that lie diff
ficulty begins clear back 81 the home
circle with misapprehension as TO
which child ought to be consecrated
to the ministry. John is keen, bright
boy. He Is good at a bargain. When
he trades at school. he alwaYs- gets
the best OF il. Make him ufyechaEt
He viii soon gather a fortune and go
right up to take his place among the
commercial princes. George has
great cerebral development. Plreno-
logically, language is large. Make
him a lawyer. He win argue biz way
to the front. and he will tale his
place among the Nansfelds anu the
Storys. Henry has large giith at
the chest and is military i'm his step
and bearing. Send him TO WeStPoint.
We shall see him yet brigadier gen
eral. William is fond of sketehing
ships, and he knows as much about
a vessel as an old sailor. Make him
shipbuilder. The vessel that he builds
will successfully wrestle with the
Caribbean whirlwind. Aleek is not
very well. He has never had very
good digestion. Since that last ma
larial attack his spleen is enlarged.
He has a morbid way of looking at
things. He will sit for hours look
ing at one figure in the carpet. His
manners are so mild, so soft. so gem
tie, so affectionate, so Heavenly. and
he cries easily. Make him minister
Now, my friends, that is a great mis-
take. If you want to consecrate one
of your sons to the Gospel ministry.
take the one widest awake. the
brawniest, the most brilliant, the
most irresistible. the most potent A
tremendous :. ork ,ens before a pro-
fession whose one object is to lift
the nations toward God and prepare
them for Heaven.
All. my friends, churches viii be
largely attended just in proportion
as we ministers can meet their
wants. meet their sufferings, meet
their bereavements and meet their
sympathies. If there be a church
with small help. small audience. medi-
UNI help, medium audience; large
help, large audience. If there be a
family IN a city and three depots of
bread and one depot has 100 loaves
and another 500 loaves and another
depot 10000 loaves, the depot that
has 100 loaves will have applicants.
tine depot that has 500 loaves will
have far more applicants, the depot
that has 10000 ioaves will have
throngs, throngs, throngs.
Oh, my brethren in the Chris tian
ministry. we must somehow get our
shoulders under the burden of the
people ON the Lords day and give
them a good stout Mt, and we can do
it We have it all our own way. II is
a great pity if with the floor clear
and no interruption. we cannot dur
ing the course of an hour get our
hymn or our prayer or our sermon
under such momentum we can, by the
help OF God. lift the people. body.
mind and Soul clear o,,+ r,F ~ - Gins