The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-09-18

tor" such as the wife Of tho dentist
over The drug store may uao when
speaking OF her husband-why. Is II
any wonder that the preacher isn't
cutting much matrimonial icef"
In ChicaHC. recognizing that a moth.
en- with daughters Is entitled In
sense TO carry that worldly desire TO
sec them married even ITO the
church. Il may bo remarked with as.
surance that just to that extent that
the neither Is worldly. TO that extent
is the minister eliminated OF the men
who have preached IN Chicago in
years past Or. Hiram W. Thomas.
pastor emeritus o. the Peoples
church may be said to have reached
close to the possibilities Of the miais-
try. Yet when he left tho Peoples
church there was money trouble for it
at once.
1T is this way" said tho venerable
pastor, speaking to the writer. while
was pastor Ct the church / always
saw TO ii that every obligation of the
church was met from the church's In.
come, then / took what was left"
This from a great preacher Are
there any lawyers of comparative
prominence who will say as much. or
need to say as much? Any physl-
clans or surgeons, or promoters. or
general managers. or presidents or
yice-presidents?
Ten thousand dollars a year is a big
salary for a Chicago preacher For
the 600 or more preachers in Chicago
the average salary would much more
nearly approach the pay of the patrol.
man OF the first grade.
Take the United States census for
it and you will have the status OF the
preacher in his worldly sense" said
q prominent layman There are
III .63S ministers Of the gospel in the
country, and against these there are
400 lawyers, 132,O02 physicians
and surgeons, 92.174 musicians and
teachers CT music. 446.133 teachers
and professors in schools, SO,O3S jour
naliets, 1904 dentists and 130,59Q 20.
1icemen, watchmen and fremen.
you will see that there e-2 nearly
as many preachers to minister to the
spiritual needs of the people as there
are to take care Of the physically sick
and alling," he said Perhaps as many
are really needed, but at the same
time the doctor Of medicine is called
with a good deal more Of haste and
concern than is the doctor Of divinity,
+ Rnd Re is surer Of his GO,
"But while we are looking to the
status of the minister we might look
to the source Of the ministerial sup
ply. Chicago today is enc of the
greatest medical centres in the world,
+ having a greater enrolment of medical
students in its colleges than any other
city on the continent But the roll Of
divinity students in its schools is by
no means strikingly large.
"The truth is. that. aside from the
handicap Of salary, the young minis
ter CT today finds a handicap Of op-
portunity IN the pulpit While there
is more dOctrinal liberality than ever
before in the pulpit. it means some
thing when every day there is pres.
sure exerted exacting more Of this
I freedom; and on top of the disposition
to grant this free we see every year
the desertion CT pulpits on the part Of
preachers e. attachments, and find
theo:sl going to the universities and col
ieg9s and to many other secular posi-
tons and places. -, .4a -Ss|EE
From q worldly point of view,
should have no hesitancy in saying
that the minister Of today is by no
means a desirable sort Of a son-in.
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