Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-21

"a complete conservation to his
work. Nothing else can carry man
through the discouragements, the
self denials, the self-imposed re-
straints of his calling.
"The work of the ministry today is
more important than it ever was.
The future of America will be the
future of the Christian church. Never
were the opportunities of a minister
so wide and never was there a
greater need for men who will give
their best to the community through
the service of the Christian minis
try"
In celebrating on the letter of DR..
Dawson in his statement that 1.-THE fu-
ture of America will be the future CT
the Christian church." Mr.. Barker
briefly described what mighty in
fluence the great preachers from the
time OF Christ to the present had
welded In making the history OF the
world. If such was the case in the
past he deducted 1t would be but
reasonable to assume that such would
be the case in the future provided
the men in our pulpits were consS-
Grated to their work.
DR.. Vance's Views.
DR.. Vance, in his letter, said:
1.-THE small success which may have
been able to achieve has been ac-
complished by hard work l very
soon discovered that being preacher
was no soft snap if a man expected
to accomplish anything in his work.
The duties are of the most exact
ing kind, and continuous. I have
tried to systematic my work so as
to have the mornings free as possi-
ole for study the afternoons for pas
toral visiting, and the evenings for
meetings of various kinds.
THE advice I would give to a
young minister is the advice an old
lawyer gave my son few years ago.
The old lawyer is a professor IN
the Vanderbilt Law School. 1 said
to him, DO you think my son will
make a lawyer He said: Ask me
that question a year from now and !
will tell you. II he works. he viii
make a lawyer. No man can make
q lawyer who will not work. / would
say the same of the ministry. GER
tain amount of grace is needed, but
faith without works. may say faith
without works dead, and If a man
wants to make preacher, he must
work"
DR.. Conwell said, in part: 81 have
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thing and enter every door which a
good Providence opened, trusting
God / would have strength and wis
dom for the next thing when l
should be brought face to face with
It,"
Other Elements Needed.
1T is a mistake to assume that in
tellectual acuteness alone guaran-
tees success in the ministry" con-
cluded Mr.. Barker. Man cannot be
used simply through his abilities
Mere intellectually in the pulpit is
an exhibition; intellectually plus
character spells power. There are |
many elements Of power in the min |
Istry-sincerity, symmetry, consist |
ency. naturalness, common sense,
spirituality, a reputa-
ton for brotherliness. The true min
ster will be a shepherd of his people. |
He will mingle as much as possible |
with his parishioners that he may |
have a thorough knowledge of their |
needs, their temptations, their ideals |
He will be an earnest student of the
Industrial, educational and philan-
thropic life of his city, that he may
be an efficient factor in the Chris
of all this manifold and
multiform activity. In the highest
sense he should be friend OF the
people"