The San Francisco call., 1909-02-24

L should estimate 1t TO pe about trife
paid to Methodist minister in this
city is. 1 believe, $4,000 a year. OF
course, as minister is expected to live
in style in accord with the majority
of his parishioners, it can be easily
seen what struggles must be faced at
home, and 1T is not on the minister that
the greater burden falls, but upon the
minister's wife. The continual struggle
against poverty is apt to break down
the strongest woman, and 1 at. the
present time know of two ministers
wives who are on the verge of nerv-
Gus collapse on account of their ardu
Gus duty in the home and in the church.
Yet one hears of no complaint from
these noble women and they would be
the first to oppose their husbands fol-
lowing in RockwelPs footsteps"
Mrs. bennett, wife of the Rev E. p.
bennett, pastor of the Wesley Metho-
dist Episcopal church, maintained the
correctness of the Rev. Mr.. Dille's
statements.
SHE EXPECTS THE STRUGGLE
IA minister's wife expects hardships
and struggles when she marries," said
she. There is no gainsaying the fact
that we would find life very much hap
pier if the salaries of our husbands
were larger; but the majority of US
would never countenance the attitude
taken by the Rev. Mr.. Rockwell. The
work has to be done, and we think we
are the ones to do it. 1t is not matter
OF poverty or luxury with US; it is a
matter of doing the work-nothing
more or less. That has to be done
whether the salary is large or small
In all my experience 1 have run across
only one or two instances where the
pastors wife wanted her husband to
follow some other profession because
the ministry was i'll paid; but these
were exceptions to the rule"
Bishop Edwin II. Hughes, resident
bishop of the Methodist Episcopal
church in San Francisco. said:
NOT A TRUE MINISTER
the ministry did not have a very tight
hold on the young mans heart. II
these remarks represent his feeling
rather than his passing fancy, the
young man certainly does not belong
in the ministerial profession. 1t is
true that the ministry is not highly
paid profession. The first thing that
the candidate for the ministry must
do Is to put his foot on purely COM
mercial ambition. Evidently our min
listers should be paid larger salaries
But personally hope that the time will
never come when men can be drawn
into the ministry for. revenue only
AS it is, our preachers are apt to
be above the suspicion of CONNER
cialism. This is likewise the case with
our teachers. Yet we have no finer
servants of humanity than those that
preaching. Besides all this, the true
minister may be poorly paid, but he
is certainly splendidly compensated.
He finds his rewards in higher things.
So far as l can judge the Rev. Mr.
Rockwell's ideas do not prevail at all
among our preachers. The most of
them are only glad to sacrifice for
Christ and his church, and their wives
and children, for the most part, enter
cheerfully into the same spirit of sac
rifice."
BETTER ROCKWELL QUIT
Rev. George A. Hough, pastor of
Grace Methodist Episcopal church,
said that a man who could not live
on $500 year was lacking in
common business ability. Such
sum is more than the average Amer
lean citizen receives said he, "and
ought to be ample for a man on which
to raise a family. I agree with the
Rev. Mr.. Rockwell that the lack of