Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-07
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listers have felt forced to Weld to the
days tendency to become "all-round
men''-which means, usually, being ex-
perts in organization parish admins
trations, errand boys for multitudinous
trivial church adjuncts, parlor orna
mentc, hail fellows well met with all
the other men in town, and, also, some
thing in the way of politicians and
sportsmen. The progressive" minis
ter nowadays has no time for quiet
mornings with books: he must KEEP
office hours" like a business man. He
cannot peer into the souls of human
ity; he is SO driven with petty cares
that he scarcely knows whether he has
a soul of his own. No longer does he
dwell apart from men, that. he may
come back to them with a message of
the unseen verities. Versatile and
skilled and busy to a degree that would
lave astonished the preachers of an
earlier day, yet the modern minister
seems often to have lost that note of
rertness, which, after ALL Is the SUI
preme value of minister of the gos-
pei.
The man who speaks positive
message of spiritual truth is the final
voice of authority.
Inc cure OF souls is the career De-
hind which all others follow.
A man who has nothing to say to the
hearts of his fellow men has never
been called to preach the gospel
To relieve minister of minor tasks,
which properly belong to the congre-
cation, is to have share in his larger
spiritual service.
Everybody expects to preacher to
expect the people to pray for the
preacher.
The church that treats It's pastor as a
hired man will surely be dealt with by
the Over Shepherd, who has zeal for
the honor of his servants and of his
church. l personally know of at least
two churches which behaved unfairly
toward their pastors; and already
churches have been chastened. lie!
il. not be thought that Jehovah has
lost his zeal for his church; he still re-
CARDS it's honor with Jealous eye.
Fair dealing by the pastor is the
first way to help him. And there are
many churches which cannot properly
GO dnytnlnS else lot LHelT TeliSious
leader until they have increased his
salary. 1t is vain to pray for the man
whom you are starving. One of the sat
isfactory signs of possible revival In
this country is the interest that many
churches seem to be taking in this
subject of a more adequate mainten-
ance for the ministry. The first and
most natural and necessary way to
ha1d up pastors hands is to support
him in the temperatures of life. How
can man be free from worldly cares
when he is wondering how his grocery
bill is to be paid?
The sorrows of the strong are little
understood or comforted. Few persons
think that leaders may grow faint ant
discouraged. The helpers often neet
help. Only the lonely Christ can COM
prehend the secret burdens uncom-
plainingly borne by those upon whom
weaker ones lean.
The person who is always in his
pew, rain or shine is a pillar OF sup
port to the pastor. Simple faithfulness
is greater encouragement than en-.
thusiastic words of praise.
Advertising, of a sensible sort, Is
coming to be more and more an adj
iunct of the modern aggressive church
This should be taken from the pastors
care by publicity committee, which
will in all ways advertise to the com
munity the church's readiness to be Of
service, and facilities therefor.