The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-10-21
FRIDAY, OCTOBER q, 1901.
"TnROuGn MUCm TRmULATION.'

CThere was a gloomy contribution
which appeared in one Of our religious
papers Of late and very cheerful one
on the same subject which appeared in
another religious journal Of about the
same date. In the one mention was
made OF the sacrifices made by tho
young men who enter the ministry
and Of the lifelong burden they as
sumo in so doing. In the other preach
ers were spoken Of as favored class,
favored Of earth as well as Of heaven.
Which is the correct view? We do
not hesitate to say, and with empha-
sis, the latter rather than the former.
And we need not 90 far from home
for object lessons with which to en-
force our position endorsing that Of the
one writer rather than that Of the 9TH
er. Take the preachers of Farmvile,
and don't they live i'm As good houses,
and wear as good clothes, and eat As
good food as the rest Of us? And are
not the labOrs Of the study less wearing
and worrying than those Of the street
And are not their salaries paid with
more regularity than are store bills
OF other professional bills? And do
they not travel at less cost than do the
rest Of us? And do they not buy goods
at cost as a general thing? And do
the doctors charge them for their ser
vices? And have they house rent TO
pay. or taxes, or repairers? And are
they not often pounded ?"
These questions must be answered |
in the affirmative, and it rejoices our
heart TO know that this is true. that
these faithful and devoted men with /
their families have promises Of the /
life that now is as well as that which /
is to Gomez And if true Of Farmville /
is it not true Of all other places as well
In the large cities it Is pre-eminenty
true Of the d. DIS, while in the quiet
country place the country pastor is as
a general thing as comfortable in body
as are those who pay their salaries.
True we know OF some country
preachers who cannot be said to have
soft places, as beds Of ease, but we
know just as well that the people to
whom they preach share fully in their
every struggle and bear full weight Of
their every burden.
Making Of crops is as exacting as
making Of sermons, and working from
end to end Of the row is as exhausting
as going from flock to flock. They
tell us that the preacher cannot make
provisions for old age, and will some
one tell US who can? AS a general
rule lawyers, doctors, merchants and
mechanics fail in this regard, and here
often the preacher and his family do
enjoy some advantages, in that the
churches do make some provisions for
their old and retired workers. The
man who enters the ministry to make
money is unworthy to be admitted,
but the man who takes up the high
and sacred calling with the desire of
being starved to death will be agree
ably disappointed. No, let's dismiss Z
the thought from our minds that a T
preacher Of the gospel is called to life o
IF unusual suffering or struggle The h
)nly poverty he must necessarily suf- '
Ter is that Of the Esprit" His table +
will be as we'll supplied as those of the 4
-est of us and his digestion ought to be f
Is good.
Most ministers have good homes
lere and all good ministers will have
heaven hereafter. v