Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-21

gestive thoughts whole sermon
Is sometimes packed into a few
words. The hearer la made to think
not only along the line of the argu-
ment, but In a wider realm which
the speaker has opened up. 1t can
be readily understood how these
same men have won success In the
Ifeld of general literature and their
writings have received deserved
popularity.
The gift may be acquired by the
painstaking student, and the best
place to acquire the gift Is In the
editorial room.
This is almost excellent field In
which to know men--not men in the
abstract but men as individuals with
their hopes and fears, their success
es and failures, their laughter and
tears. The Journalist learns how to
approach men, and discovers what
the heart fears and what 1t Is trying
to conceal. He rubs up against all
classes and is at home wherever you
put him, In the costly drawing room
OF the man of wealth or In the squat
Id tenement of the outeast. An In
finite amount of tact Is necessary to
accomplish this purpose-this Is adj
mitted but he knows how to round a
square corner without doing any
damage to himself or the corner. He
can approach a a on any subject
and win him to a confession or an ex,
PLANTATION of the matter for publica-
ton, He eve knows defeat. He
learns that there are more ways than
one by which a victory can be had
We never have heard of a reporter
entering an office In a rough and
~hoisterous way and accosting a bus.
mess nan IN any subject as did ar
enthusiastic evangelist q prominent
man in a town where he was hold
ing meetings, with the statement
Sir, do you know you are on tbs
road to hell?' Now, that declaration
may have been a fact, but the evan
gelist's quick exit from the ofict
showed what effect his presence hat
upon the mind of the man he soughr
to save. How to gain his point Il
learned by the man who must know
men II he would succeed In his pro
fession.
Alas, the young minister has no
learned how to be wise as q serpen
and harmless as a dove, as his Mas
ter adjured him to be, when he goe,
out into the rough and tumble of tn,
conflict.
"He ia ignorant socially: he can
not approach men and he knows no
how to avoid misunderstanding
which arise in so many churches; II
a word he fails to apply successful,
the great principles of life which h,
wants men to know, which viii MAX,
them wise unto salvation. ant
through them the world a better an,
q brighter place In which to iiv,
Paul's Idea OF a bishop was that h,
should not be a novice. and sucl
advice is as much needed for th,
ministry now as 1t vas at the begin
ming of the Christian church.
San all-round newspaper maj
knows about the advertising, tn
press-room. the circulation, the diff
/, ferent departments of the Journal It
sell as wen as the policy for whicl
the paper stands. He can weavi
all these different agencies into
successful force which will make hi
( journal a strong influence In social
moral and political life. 1t will b
a financial success: 1t will be a pop
nlar ucces And to study the prac
tical workings OF such a journals
might well be the ambition of tn.
aspiring minister, for his ability t
assimilate the departments of hi
church Will enable him to win sue
cess where is q pulpit orator he ma,
1 fail"