The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-15
INTERESTING
DISCOURSE BY
Mr.. PENDLET0N
IT INTERESTING AND WELL At
TENDED SERVICE At FIRST
BAPTIST CHURCH THE PASTOR
DELIVERED ELOQUENT SERMON
MUSIC WAS SPLENDID AND
MUCH ENJOYED.

The services at the First Baptist
church Sunday morrin. we're very In
feresting and were we'll attended.
Ths music was especially good, one OF
che best features being a solo by Mr..
Parker.
The pastor. Rev. Eugene r. Pendle-
ton. preached an excellent sermon.
dealing with the relation the pastor
hears to his church, in which he conn
pared the relation to the marriage re-
1ations. A brief outline Of Ids dis
course n printed below:
"The Call to the Ministry. OF the
Relation Of q Postor to His Flock"
Text. II came without gainsayinS.
when ! was sent for. ask therefore
with what intent 70 sent tor me.
Acts 1929"
Tho success or failure Of marriage
docs not depend upon either party,
nut on both. Cases Of rupture are
,kenerally due to trivial beginnings
ivory early after the wedding day. It
" we'll indeed that young women
lehOuld study how TO be good wives,
and that young men should read text
books upon what q young mmrted
anan ought to know, rather than that
Moth should be cast into the divorce
courts.
The rclatin Of pastor and people is
Alike marriage. AZ the pastor needs
10 study TO b q good father to his
flock, 20 tho people need to learn
now to b good members. One has
10 learn to be q good pastor, learn
Ahak all Of the chairs do not belong to
nim and that all Of the walters are
not employed to do his bidding. It 1s
sUssentia1 to the highest usefulness
Ahat pastor and people know what TO
Sxpect Of each other, and each should
ask himself, What kind Of . church
would my church be II all Of the mem
ibsrs we're just like me?" II 1t be
hard for the pew 1t IL three hundred
tin{es - hard for the pulpit! II he
ldrod times - often! II he makes
mistakes, you make three hundred
times - many!
And yet there are some delightful
compensation. charming people, and
large social advantages. 1t will pro.
mote our mutual happiness to under.
stand some things together now.
Some Things For Which the Pastor
0oos Not Aomes .y,.se-~as.-.s
Not for his own pleasure Or profit
He does not choose his place or man
per IF living. He has no family OF
social ties to bind him to his new
fields. He lays out plans knowing
that he has no permanent home. He
does not have opportunity for the pas
times Of his people. The average pas
tor. II be does his duty. visits more
than . doctor, writes more than ar
editor. speaks moro than q lawyer
finances with more skill than q bank
49,
politician In . holly contested cam
Daign."
He has his sorrows and his sacri
flces. While he ministers to others
he may have q breaking heart Some
times he sacrifices taste, ambition and
fortune. ] know one pastor who has
three yonger brothers who have come
up into business. The least success
full has a salary of $1,000. If the
preacher died his main estate would
be his books ont Of which he has
&tudied. He had far better advan
tages than his brothers and was not
behind IN grey matter. His work has
been uniformly successful and aggres
.eive. How much does he contribute
To the. cause? n Il any wonder tina,
young men do not rush into the minis
Ary? Is IL strange that even the secu
OAR papers like our morning journal
should be moved with Indignation?
He does not choose Il because It II
go much more delightful than any
othcr work: on the contrary,it is a
position OF extraordinary annoyances
Inconsiderate and sometimes bruta
people who are totally ignorant OF the
kind OF work the minister does have
most unworthy views of it. All some
want with a pastor Ia to be patted or
the back. and pastors are partly tc
blame for not striking, Ministers are
annoyed by cranks. pct,tlent people
and chronic grumblers. have beer