The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-25

season of an already buy year, and in
cidentally cost $50 carfare; so he re-
grets CD that he has to decline. An
other letter is from the superintendent
of hospital Of whose board of man
ayers he happens to be president, and
for the raising of whose funds he is
responsible. The note says that a de-
ffcit is in clear sight, and he realizes
with a groan that he must set about
deviSing schemes to raise the money.
The next note is from a young man at
college, whose tuition has been paid in
part by a member of the congregation,
who has died recently. Unless another
member can be found who will con-
tribute in his stead, the boy must give
up his course; so this note is laid by
with the name upon it Of a man to
whom such an appeal is to be made.
Ask for Help.
The next is from a struggling mis-
Sionary in the far West, who writes
to what he assumes is a wealthy con-
gregation'' in the East, asking for mon
ey to help him in his work. The pas
tor knows this fellow, went to school
with him, knows how hard he works
and how we'll he deserves encourage
ment; so he takes the burden of this
friend upon him and resolves to raise
this money also. Next comes an inVi-
ton to dinner. The variety is such
d accept
when his secretary reminds him that
on the night of that dinner there is
special meeting of the Mems club. He
knows that this club will fail of it's
purpose unless he attends and directs
it's work that night in person; so he
denies his preference and takes his
choice. The next is an advertisement
from a sermon factory proposing for
So to submit sermons fer next Sunday.
He is tempted to yield, but his better
nature triumphs and this goes the way
of the waste basket. Another is from
some religious crank, who has a novel
scheme to propagate, requesting him
to have his name appear in print as
one of the advisory committee; but he
knows, alasi too well, that what is
wanted is the name alone and not adj
vice; so he declines. Still another is
piece of correspondence which con-
vinces him that he listened one day
last week to a false story, and was
SWindled out of IS. In his account
book he must charge this to himself,
and not allow the fund of which he is
the guardian to be thereby diminished.
This is one item of an average sum of
perhaps $40 week which he knows
he must run behind in his expense ac-
count. and which might full as we'll be
counted off his salary. Last of all is a
blank form from some society clamor-
OO1o 1OA StdlISlICS. lnlS ne
the secretary to renal to the address,
from which it came, but first to write
across the margin 'The Kingdom Of
| God cometh not with observation
Besides these letters are two weekly.
papers and monthly magazine, which
ought to be perused, but for the present
they must be put to one side. The last
paper-an unfamiliar one-iS opened.
1t contains an article upon a subject
on which he is recognized as an au-
thorIty. The article is an attack on
MIN, and with it is the challenge of the
editor for him to make reply in print.
50 ne has to set to work to dictate, inside
half an hour, an article which must
appear IN judgment by comparison
with this one of writer who with
more zeal and time than courtesy has
composed it during a leisure of six
weeks. Such work for two hours every
| day is something he had never counted
on. moreover, these are the very things
that stoop his shoulders, line his brow
| and are fast changing his black hair
| to match the color of tombstone.
Leaving the office at 10 o'clock, he
went back to the house., this time to
| enter his study" The servant down
| stairs is instructed to protect his priv
! acy, ana ne goes to work. Not upon his
| sermons, but to do his daily reading
and studying. The observance of this
1
| to keep abreast at all of the thought
OF the day. Unless he thus spends
much time in the study Of subjects
apart from theology he will soon be-
| come petty and narrow; unless he has
a regular time in which to do it he
simply will not do it, and unless he can
have this time solely to himself he can
| do neither thinking nor studying that
is worthy of the name. Three hours a
day is his wish, two is his rule; but in
| practice interruptions come on almost
every day to cut down even this, just
| as they did on this one-viz., thus:
Interruptions Come.
First, there came by telephone down
stairs an urgent message from sick
man, which the servant, taking at it's
| face value of importance, called him
down in person to answer. On his way
back from the telephone he found a
man in the parlor, who had been wait
! ing Tor an hour to see him. 1t was
| nothing more nor less than that pet
aversion Of all busy clergymen, name