Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-01

is no gSucn JnlnS as punishment, ~
far-off judgment day, no great white
throne, and no Judge external to our
selves" The true resurrection Is spir-
itual not material" Heaven and hell
are states of the soul When
guilty soul awakens to the truth, hell
begins" salvation and atonement are
just as operative on the other side OF
death as on this"
His Temptation to be an Editor.
The temptation most potent to the
preacher OF the twentieth century is
to follow the devices Of the modern
editor. He is led into this temptations,
says DR.. Charles r. Jefferson, by the
editor himself, who s..has Transformed
the magazine into pulpit from Wnlch
he thunders. in selected articles ana
ESSAYS. against what he concelves TO pc
the evils of his day" Stnce the pulpit
Eit thus powerfully instructed, 1t seems
only natural for the preacher TO think
he has hitherto limited his field OF >ac-S
tivtty far too narrowly, and he branch
90 out IN the manner which the pastor
Of the Broadway Tabernacle thus m
,dieates in The Methodist Review (May-
June). *
He is tempted to be an editor, TO
make his topics sound like headlinesi
magazine manager. his sermons
magazine essays; a social reformer,
settlement worker, a Young MEMS
Christian Association organizer ana
hustler, a son Of thunder, huriine
thunderbolts at social evils; a profes-
sor Of ethics, passing judgment on So
cial panaceas and movements, q iec-
turer stringing together jewels ana
glass beads picked up in his saunter-
ings thru the fields Of science. philoso-
ply and history; sort of mouthpiece
On whose lips there shall come to ex-
preston on the Lords Day the fasci-
natings things which have filled mems
minds thru the week out of which they
have lust come No other man can
wander so easily from his province as
the preacher. The fences are low. and
lie he steps over them no one but Coo
will speak to him about his indiscre-
ton. Every man In the community
except the preacher is bound with
hoops of steel to the task which heaven
has assigned him. The physician must
practice medicine and keep close to his
patients, the lawyer must practice law
and keep close to his clients, the editor
must gather news and keep close to
his subscribers, the teacher must
teach and keep close to his pupils, the
banker must keep close to his money,
the business man must be loyal to his
business; but the preacher can leave
his work and fit like a bee from field
Ito field, gathering NECTAR from a thou :.
sand flowers, and he Himself may. think
he is making honey when in fact he is
only buzzing."
Two generations ago one of, the
most peaceful and Christian parishes
! in Ireland, and that is saying a good
deal. was village near Mitchellstown,
County Cork The aged pastor had
lbeen In charge for over half a century,,
I and he was never known to preach but
| the same seromn in all that time. Ev-
lery Sunday, after the gospel, he turned
| to his people and said solennly to
them, in the old Gaelic: Brethren,
avoid the evil and do the good. This
fact is historical, and it is also histor-
| ical that this parish was called the
parish OF saints, where lawyer would
starve,, a Judge throw up his position
! in sheer, disgust, and jail collapse
| thru dry rot"