The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1911-05-19
The Preachers
Library

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-nD HE subject before ss To-
~ n. discussioa presupposss
49, that the prsachss b alse
. student. which most -
suredly be must - u. -
a preacher he desires TO mahs IN
calling and election sure" TAsro
perhaps never was time. n the HE
tory Of the church, when the demaaas
made on the pulpit we're - great -
they are today.
On account OF the universal li9u-
sions Of periodicals.. magazines and
books both secular and religious. thls
has become pre-eminsntly . rso6ing
age. and the preacher must ~ rssd-
er u he desires 10 lead. o. ewes 10
keep up with the procession. We ere
living In the veritable sgs Of reason
when men refuse 10 accept. with In
plicate faith. dogmatic teaching sim
ply because Il proceeds from the
church but demand. and ws think
Justly %. that men be able to give
a reason for the hops that b h
them" Therefore the preacher. 70
gain and retain the confidence aaA
respect Of his psrishioners. should
and must be . clear logical rsasoaee
and thinker. A thinker will mol O..
The preacher must have brain and
heart - well - mouth. We hear
great deal today IN religious circles
about the ministerial dsad-lins. what
to do with the old-that b. Afty-year.
Old--prsachers. etc.
prsaehee Must D osv6eWe.
Now II 10 our humble opinioe that
no minister can cross The 1saAIiss
% long ~ be remains careful. faith
full student. for thus b. kesplng b
close sympathetic toSeh With the
brain and heart Of the ssaseatioa b
which he lives he 10 able 10 "serve
that generation we'll b. ~ sraes &
God" and then like oas u on s1o-
ply fall asleep" But any VseAeAse
Who ceases to - . stu1sat - ven.
has already crossed ~ 1sa1-lise
whether BE- b. afty - tvsasy-ave.
The fortunate thisg abost n y thas
many sucA afe AoaA anA - - know
h. n thea, Il 70 imperative ~ ~
pssosAss - . ses1snA be00n Aago
somsthiag 10 stu1y 81 IN bsln0s -
more directly 10 ess subJoee. Tae
Preachers Library" Nov - sso ne
10 confess that ~ 20 aot think that
II 10 indispensably nscsssasy fus .
preacher 10 know soosthing a 0e1.
OF man and Of The things thas cone
In the thought and life a thoss vhc@
be 10 called TO serve Neither 10 Il
necessary that ~ have largs and
expensive library. The sDatapA a
many Q faithful. succsssful miseseer
might b. truihfully written thus: He
was the happy possessce q lev books
and many babies And Wills - nlght
have been successfui without the
bables. 10 are not able 70 aarn. but
the few books he must have. Ths u.
bvary that 10 absolutely necessary Tor
the preacher 10 posssss and thososgh.
N snd faithfully study. u b wish 70
show himself approved d 0o6 .
workman that sseAeth BOT 10 -
ashamed rightly dividiag the vsrd At
truth, 10 composed a those sixty-sis
books commonly called The Bible. TO
this should Invariably b sdds1 . GOD
concordance. BibIs tsxt book and cosn-
mentary. These thinss are essential.
many others msy b. hslpfui sed high
" desirable.
For the noarishins Of his evs spir.
,tuaI life. IN additioa 10 The vor1. the
preacher should keep In constant
touch With the most godly uea At
this and preceding sesssatiooa. ARD
ws should feel disappointed " ~ ~
not End IN his library Biographies.
histories. books Of sermoss ard ~
dress~s % we'll - . fsw d The aoay
devotional books being eonstsf Nv h.
sued from the press. We wos'd also
sxp~rt to AaA IN The PROF sssive
preachers library soms u the solipg
magazines and periodicals. u he cay.
but not O. us found % novinr Into
certain parsoaags scosss q rot hsa.
dreds Of good standard nassz 80 N
the ssrret stored svay b original
packages. showing thst vile thsy
had bssa received asl. pss1sEs pes1
for. they he'd sos bssa rsal 4 lev
standard vosks u 0ettea sosu al0nst
indispensable 70 shov ~ lreaeAes
thinss asl psoS,s - sthss see thea.
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hsast. sulehsa ~ s0aglneaias -
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- aiuose tmposslb1s h thts bstse -.
w y ~ svssyshias sAae aaeAe =
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those VITO ass aa11ess - heve ee0e
tklsa = ~ % ~ 11ssussoso oAae y
te folIev. . - s)ses b ~ -
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