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storve and. II need be, TO die for his |
country's good While promising 10 |
make this sacrifice he feels happy IN
the resolve. Cannot the minister III the
same way feel the eXhilaration OF a
noble conservation? | know that the |
conversations of the gospel minister
cannot be estimated by the standard OF
mere money. l know there are many
men preaching week by week in the
mint who if they had entered the law
or A mercantile life would have an an
nuol income of five, ten times the in
corne that they receive as minister's
But does not the joy OF giving your
whole life TO the service of Jesus Christ
hiring. some rewards higher than mon
ovY Does not the Thought that you are
trying TO save men and comfort men
and bring them to the Saviour whether
yau are standing by the opened casReI
a. by the sick bed or on the street or
IN the pulpit give you transcendeht
aud at times almost overwhelming joys
That these spiritual rewards are real
uiad satisfying is demonstrated by the
fAct that the ministers are the only
class of men who. as rule, want lhelr
suns 10 follow in their own footsteps
aud their daughters to marry men OF
tnei, own profession. If you so 10 an
average lawyer and ask him what ne
would like his sons to be he answers
"Almost ANYTHING rather than law
ver." TO q physician, anything but
| doctor. TO n newspaper man, anything
hnt An editor; to a merchant, and you
will often find him struggling'and saw
ING so that he can give his boys col
loco education for entrance into some
professional career. But consecrateu
minister invariably wants his sons 10
enter the gospel ministry. If you ask
your pastor this question, what wouiu
Won like your son to beF' he VIII III all
probability answer: "Well, | would not
like TO persuade my boy TO be MN
lister. If he becomes minister 90
NOT want him TO be a man made, but
God made. minister. But If the Holy
fnirit should ever work upon his heart
think the happiest day of my HE
,r,uld be when l could hear MN
peach in a Christian pulpit. May Goa
ftve me this JOY" When some one
ud,ed Henry Ward Beecher why he
entered the gospel ministry he an
t.rored: II could not help it. Who ever
hard Of Lyman Beecher's son dong
navthing else but preach:' The reason
M those boys became preachers was
be,ause Lyman Beecher instilled into
tLeir hearts what the joys of the Chris
elan ministry might be. Over half OF
apy seminary classmates were the sons
CT ministers. The happieSt day IN my
aathers life. believe. was the day he
nteached my ordination sermon ana
finished it in a voice trembling win
emotion and with eyes moist with
tears of rapturous JOY. Oh, young men
who feel today the warnings for the
s1apel ministry. l know that, if conse
Grated. You will have the happiest
Ecsst joyful and the nOblest profession
, al life that is now open to any CHRIS
clan man.
The Joy of Self Surrender.
But the Joy of self surrender is no
sbe ONLY reward. The gospel minlstr.
affords more opportunities for useful
I ness than any other profession. Ever.
g true man wants to make the most 0
tis earthly life. If he has ten talent
e be wants 10 use them where they WI
b be most effective; if he has only on
: talent he wants to make that one Ia
ept useful. Like a capitalist, he want
;. 70 invest his mental and spiritual Ia
; EMS where the investment is sure an
I where he can get the most returns IL
g the principal invested. Where can
consecrated. educated young man hav
more influence for good than in tn
y Christian ministry?
lie When the young man graduates frol
a the theological seminary he lmmed
lie atelv takes his place at the head
a. q country or city church. What dot
a. that mean? Simply this: The youn
re man Immediately becomes the lead'
lg of q consecrated band Of Chrlsua
n workers, who are ready to WORK II
IL Christ in any way the young paste
1T directs. 1t means that his individu
as nersonal influence is doubled, treble
10 ouadrupled-aye hundredtOld
Re creascd-by the cOnsecrated band
IN workers who welcome him into b
y new charge. 1t means that by Il
S mower of his Christian colabore
~ working with him and for him he CO
le in time absolutely dominate a who
TO region for good. Study the history
f. Jonathan Edwards in NOrthampto
I'd Mass. Study Lyman Beecher's mi
l isterjal career in Litchfield, Conn. Al
u or he had been for a short time in i
X new parsonage a mighty revival sWe
es over that town. When some one co
he GRADUATED him on the results OF
IS new pastorate this trumpet throat
messenger of God answered: do Il
to congratulate me. 1t is not my VOL
N but that Of tue go consecrated prayi
10. men and women who are working
m NV side" Study the life of Mos
no Hoge of Richmond and of the late
* Palmer of New Orleans
-e- But" says some young man. w
va do you cite the careers Of great mem
in am not a great man and never will b
N. The same gospel success which came
rs these consecrated men upon lal
ur scale can come to you, a consecra
,st Young minister, upon a smaller SCI
lts Young man, tell you that 1t Is imp
rh. sible for any cOnsecrated minister,
At Their in the country or the city, to
he surrounded by praying, working ba
ed Of faithful followers and not have
in life tell nightly for good in the reg
M in which he lives. Ought not such
,ur influence for good bring a joy, I
I'VE turOus joy, in the heart Of Chris
as preachers? Cannot all truly consecl