The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-10
Bishop Galloway to
Preachers
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and a~necdote are to have their place,
but no preacher hou eve tell q
Joke that is, so TO speak off color BE
men of gentle speech. When you OPP
pose evil and denounce sin command
the geDtlest note in your voice. When
Christ said, 20 We generation of vi
pers'' there was no rasping tone in his
voice. The need OF the world IS COM
fort and encouragement-that which
Will nerve men to high service after
temptation and rouble.
You owe a delicate relation 10 your
BROTHER acknowledgements YOU
successor. You may block his way
You may open doors usefulness to him
Don't complain about u appoint
ment or critiCise the man sent IN your
place. | have seen a Rausy Snifies
il commercial and political life-men
who would get something to tell and
hurry and tell it to ferment trouble,and
I am afraid we get an occasional Rausy
Sniffles in our Conferences Don't
tell unpleasant news. Don't rejoice IN
finding out something not good about
some Brother and repeating 1t. In
stead cultivate hearing the good and
the brother by rejoicing in
his success. The trueSt test of gem
uine magnanimity of soil is to hearty
rejoice in the success of another. Some
men are too small to do this.
NlSIL lflc ptOOit Dul " / III 4 -
a mechanical sort of p~erfunctory Of
fetal amer Go and make the
folks feel that you are interested in
them and you cannot make them feel
SO unless you are interested in them.
Let the mother feel that YOU want to
help her lead the child in right paths
and she will Wanttyou to come often.
Learn ho" to leave. There is an art
in it. Some men, after finishing their
visit never seem to know how to
leave. When o have finished your
outside work, go home. The safest
place for a Methodist preacher, after
he has done his work. is at home
with those he loes and with his books
that he ought to have.
Learn the names of the children. 1t
is no compliment to a boy to call him
Buddy" Sturgeon told his students
Of an Egyptian diety. with very large
body ana very short of legs-With
on. l have seen preachers like tA1t.
Dignified, solemn preachers. knees
to short for children and very muddy
physical. If you have no use for tie
baby and the child, no congregation
is ask ing for YOU.
Preach plain sermons. Talk in
terms the people can understand
Many men wrote of financial ques
tiOns and nobody can understand
them ecaus they do not understand
TIE QUtStlOH themselves. YOU can
make clear to a child anything sou
thoroughly understand. Aim vour
at the heads of the children
and you will reach the hearts Of the
old folks.
Keep out of debt. The cost Of liy-
ing has bone up Is to 80 per cent, but
preachers salaries have been in
creased very little, but that does not
warrant debt for a preacher. Do not
say "if tho people had paid what
they promised, l would owe nothing.
People magnify the debts of preachers
and it blocks the door to usefulness.
You OWL personal honor is at stake
Debts fellow a preacher and injure
him.
Make the right use Of your time.
Don't idle. Be always employed
Elihu Root became a scholar at the
forge. Susannah Wesley, with nineteen
children TO care for. found time to
write three books. Some preachers
excuse themselves by saying they
didn't have time" They are like the
switch engines running up and down
the yard-they are always putting and
blowing and never go anywhere. Be
punCtual
Be happy. Dc not point back to
hard times and recall happiness. Live
happy lives and YOU will make Others
happy. If had my life to go over
/ would again knock at the door OF
III II tI1e AN De d AItLT1OQlSf
preacher. a year ago when I thought
the end was near. the thought that /
had was that ! might work. Ny de-
light has always been along the line
of e~ndeavor. The privilege of work
for your Lord should make you and
keep 0 happy.
Be young in spirit. the dew of youth
should be upon US as long as we
live. The philosophy of the demand
for youth everywhere is that men are
wanted with cheer and hope and
~bouyancy and confidence. 1t is not in
Cheerfuiness and the militant spirit Of
youth.
Barring the ~fervent conclusion.
the above is the bare outline of the
uplifting address OF Bishop Gallowav
to the new preachers. written from
such rude notes as 1 could TAX and
from memory. 1t is the skeleton of
the man-without the warm blood
p~ulsating through his veins. However
the idea and the spirit of the address
Is preserved in the above. without he
symmetry of perfect sentences ami
the glowing and impresiveress Of the
MN. Tho man behind the sermon or
the speech is as important as the man
behind the guns. Bishop Galloway
has a manner that BELTS the great Of
flee ne holds, and with that kent in
mind, together with the fact that he
is an orator who always charms. the
reader can gather something Of the
spirit of the wise and philosophical
and inspiring address. The admoni-
tons ito these young preachers pro-
foundry impressed all who heard and
will be read with interest and profit
by ministers of every denomination.
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A roman with a fiery tempe isn't
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