The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-03
SHOULD AWAIT
| SPIRITS CALL
mo One Should Occupy the Pull
pit Without Divine In
spiratiOn.
CHURCH BECOMING
C0MMERCIALIZED
Ministry Offers Inadequate Fl
nancial Rewards to
\ Young Men.
BY D. v. FRANCIS.

By Leased Wire TO Tho Tribune.
NEW YORK, Sept. EVERY once in a
lEuhIIe the religious press takes UP the
lLuestion as to the alleged shortage OF
ministerial candidates. All sorts Of rea-
ssons are advanced for the "evil" and
remedes for its cure.
One authority suggests a reason Tor the
FALLING off In ministerial candidates which
Is at least worth consideration. I'm the
d7rst place" lie says. Il do not admit
fhere Is any scarcity OF ministers III
fact I'm inclined 10 believe III some IN
Etances at least there are too many
churches Then the church is getting 10
be commercialzed People look upon the
ministry AS a business as they 90 the
law. medicine or any other profession.
In this view the ministry offers no COM
fnensurate rewards for the candidate.
ISalaries OF $4,000 or up hardly exist out
side OF the great cities and are not over
plenty there. The same educational noil-
3ty and hard work necessary to achieve
one OF these high priced pulpits would
lbring double or triple the money II exert
ed In the other professions.
who Is not called OF the spirit 10 preach
fhe gospel. When this call comes IT Is
Irresistible. I'm afraid there are too
many preachers who have mistaken the
call and Gho have taken up the ministry
rs means of livelihood
"Evcry one OF this class is one too many.
The greatest obstacle in the way OF the
Ichocest material for the ministry is that
IBense of awful responsibility which In
Iitduenced Moses in the presence Of the
burnlnc bush; Isaiah. saying. i am a
man OF unclean lips Calvin: when he was
fairly forced into his work at Geneva by
the denunciations OF his friend Farel,
That which seized upon John Knox when
John Rough proclaimed the decision OF
the church that Knox must preach, he
broke away in tears until It was settled.
Ar.1 l.n "a
reforrner in the sixteenth century.
But when God needs a man. and calls
him to preach. he Will as in the cases
eited yield his VIII and preach"
Hold Chiidrcr'5 Meetings.
From 10000 20 $4,000 boys and girls
zach week have been receiving gospel In
btruction at the children's meetings held
b. the ErangelIstic committee of New
York City, which are about closing. This
branch OF the work is under the special
3 direction Of Horace r. Baker. a Prince
ton student, who has had marked sue
fess in appealing 10 boys on the lines of
manly religious thought Meetings for
thildren were held in connection with
s Eenters foE Italians Bohsmans. nsna
: Rell in the centers for English speak
lng people. either white or black.
The Rev, DIR, Farley q hartmann of
lhis city who has been associated with
HE Rev. Or. j. Wilbur Chapman for e
long time and also with tho Presbyteri-
IN oVangelstic committee. of which he
vas assistant secretary and treasurer,
hns accepted call to the Moody Bible
Institute Of Chicago, founded by the late
Dwight l." Moody. He win become as
sistant TO DIR. James NJ. Gray. the dean
preparatory TO being made executive head
f the extension department OF the school
4 The department has TO do with the
lending out OF men and women students
hs evangelsts and Bible teachers. and
Il Is planned TO greatly enlarge Its scope
JT I,,rI l,ia In,
Will the eyangelistic committee became
fully conversant with leaders in The
vy fhurch and with the conditions through.
"spnt the country. This experience vii
Vount for much In his new work, as vel
pB his experience in organizing confer.
e fnces and conducting campaigns.
although never in the limellght while
With the evangelistic committee, DR.
knrtmann was one OF It's most important
pfficers. handling the mass of detail con-
pected with the worldwide evangelistic
ehmpaigns of Chapman and Alexander
md all the other work of the committee
IN managing It's headquarters.
Ready for Conference.
ERE Committees have just concluded tn,
/. programme and other details Of The
tDiNcthodist Ecumenical conference, which
10 meet in Toronto In October. Unlike
ne recent Baptist alliance. world Metho
~ nst3 Will bring together a representative
y 1ody, designed to fx policies for Metho
Nsfs In every country. and then TO re
urn 10 their homes and officially carry
pch policies into effect,
The programme Will afford surveys o
IN World Method!sm during the past ter
oars. or since the last Ecumenlcal con
erencc, and Will then present Methodisn
the church universal. its foreign mis-
Ionary work, its theological heritage
armament results OF Bible criticism an,
sethods In Bible study Live question:
I'LL be presented In the relations OF tn,
,,.purch 10 modern thought, to the house
10ppid, the child. young people. men auC
/, ,,y omcn- The temperance question
na"'Aining for the ministry, Methodist lit
-;enxature, Christian unity and peace vii
N'pnclude the programme.
fIhe Two Sundays covered, October
"a 10, viii for the first time be includ
In the programme. Preachers will b,
fovlded for Toronto churches. the relig
us aspects of commerce and industr,
ad observance OF Sunday being two o
e themes. Former Vice Presiden
alrbanks OF Indiana and Arthur Hen
oIlrl}rson, NJ. p, n labor leader and Meth
'eN llst iayuan OF England. will speak q,
Dor questions. and the Hon Waite
pnciman, a member OF the British
lolnet VIII talk on international Rcln