The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-10
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5.s8 Ministers. "A
Or. MITCHELL S EDITORIAL {: [: J ''. I Y
EWe1l-known Professor Discusses
Ii,v,e: Subject and nd Has Some Scr
Interesting Things To- Say. "a

Mi In 4 lengthy editorial that WILL appear
III the current issue Of tho Rel loiis
Herald to-day. Professor S. G. Mitchell,
f.lsichmond& College, discusses tho
ton of Mental Atrtion. and includes 1'
Il striking reference 70 tho relation Ok e,Es
tie church stoSthe working classes---tal cues
& ton TINT has In times past been OF cont
handing interest In denotninatlonal Cir
cles In this city. ;3s. XII Il sS
.,rho most serious thing confronting the 4
Protestant Church to-day IN America N 'ls,t
says. III. Mitchell 's tho loss $sof tsll is
hold. to a large extent. upon he work 'lS \
Ing clusses.S sThc workingmeil tI nave lltL't,
either8pnrted altogethEi'B front orgalh1zc ~
Christanity,. or they remain e chiefly8i1nl
tho Catholic Church. What, y row, VIII VIII
course ~ is N that they are hostile to-
tho spirit offrellgion in tho one case and
snle attached only to the forms OF Chris 4
ltIanltysin the8other? Such q superficial
view will fhardlySbe tenable. What, then.
lis tho truth SofEthe situation? am lbleF
to answer this question to my ow,1 ga
faction, butSit5 occilrof to mo that me
cassal IN exclusiYencss Of the 'rotestants
preacher has much pdo With the matter
The Catholic Church is. In no sense y
club, ii It somehow ever retains the cos
spirit and sense Of equality
Inherent; insS christianity. III tho priest
seems to stand aloof from tho world,
he is separated from theArlclb and fash
3ionablo and LEARNED rs much as from the
shorny-handed lnborer. ,rle feeling Of
equality Is doubtless present to all who
enter tho precincts Of the 8 atholic c i
Church. r f. poverty ever suspects 7 hat
3it3is4 placed liz. $nS situation where It be-5s
comes ian object OF either pity or rdi-
cule,8it will manage to avoid that local
lily thereaftcr.'s
"A portion of$thc editorial is also given
4 to a. iscussicn$of the preacher, and DR..
Mitchell y expresses some decided views
upon the ministry as h5claas: In one
place he says :5ss ].sss5 4 sSaB SlS,4 ;s
1.-THE sorriest thing to me IS TO find
q preacher afraid OF his congregation.
Such / have Known His course has moth
Ing Of Il tho winsoncress of the maiden.
repulsinE through shyness the very lover
60 whose valiant heart she inwardly re-
spends Tho preacher, on the contrary,
is shuddcring before a lion that exists
only ii, his tinlid imagination. 10 Is
avoiding The precise equality OF spirit that
the world-Worn congregation wants. ss n =
8{s'The laytnan is brought8in daily con-
tact withEthe world las his ftnngential
Ideas rounded off; feels he throbblng
pulse Of. the maddeniEg crowd, and ms
wardly yearns bring relief#1rI some way
TO these sheep wandering without a shep-
herd. Ills support 10 faASt The cl1urcl1&&is
lnrgely$an dntgrowtha Of this, vague feel.
inE.# What Is his clagrn wien he finds
that tho very preacher from whom he
sought this vital TRUTHS chained to the
#dead2pastaor dwells yonder in lie cloud n
capped realms Of theological specula-&
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