Semi-weekly herald., 1914-02-19
salary and being rewarded with ST.

/
900.
He spoke in spirit of apprecia-
tion of the service rendered by min
listers but admitted to his audience
that in the work there was vast
field of improvement. His talk was
filled with stories cleverly told to IL
lustrate the various points on which
he laid special emphasis.
The first criticism he made to the
I body he was addressing was the tend
ency of the times to preach of tbs
mercy and grace of God to the ex-
clusion of the justice Of God. He de-
clared the same sort of shallow senti-
mentality that occasioned persons to
shower pity for the red handed murd-
erer was responsible for the stress
being laid on mercy and the element
of justice being eliminated. "Remem-
ber,' said he. "God is not Knocked
whatsoever man soweth that also
shall he reap" In short it was plea
for retribution to be presented more
frequently.
| Included in his criticisms was q
scathing denunciation Of the ministers
who depend upon personal peculiari-
ties to increase church attendance and
interest. In this were mentioned Pc
culiarities of dress, voice, in fact alf'
that comes in the category Of sensa-
tionalism, designating them as the
things that do not add to the glory
of God or the strength of the church.
While he commended the practice Of
preaching sermons on present day
problems he condemned the practice
of choosing texts from the newspapers
instead of the Bible.
The attorney called attention to the
.nsesssity Of giving great care to pro-
nounciation and avoiding errors IN
grammar, pointing out how these de-
tract from the sermon.
Another of the warning was to
avoid initiating great speakers unless
their greatness has been assimilated,
as the veneer was usually thin
enough to be readily seen through
when viewed from the pew.
Special stress was laid upon the
necessity of preparation, and he i'm
plored his minister hearers not to
spare any intellectual preparations
for their pulpit address, forging each
sermon from the heat Of thought"
The repeated sermon was another
pulpit practice that came up for crit
icism, as in the majority Of instances
an address looses it's fire, force and
convincing power when it is present
ed on second occasion.
Among the other suggestions Of
fered were the length of the message
mot too long or too short, and plea
for an occasional sermon on church
doctrine. In this he commended
church unity, but insisted it was best
for all church members to be remind
ed occasionally Of the great princi-
pies on which their church was found
ed, and to appreciate these doctrines
were worthy of preservation and per-
petuation.
Attorney Perkins holds the church
must keep stride with the times and
that one Of the most important prob
lens confronting it is the social prob
lens. To meet and solve these prob
lens, he argues the church under the
leadership Of the pastors must in-
crease its efficiency seven fold, not
to minister to persons on the Sabbath
but reach them throughout the week.
So much of the so-called social move
ment, he called to mind, was permeat-
ed with atheism. We hear Of the
brotherhood of man but the Father
hood Of God is forgotten. The Chris
Z tian solution of the problem is the
only one for the safety of state.
Christ has bridged all chasms and in
{ sugurated the civilization that is to
be when men are brothers the world
I round, but without the Fatherhood Of
t God the brotherhood of man is ~ un-
7 substantial as the clouds. Thus will
= the world problem have to be met.
: We are now, he argued in the midst
OF the new epoch and it behooves ~
. to prepare for that which awaits in
i future years.
The attorney closed his address
( with these words of Paul to Timothy:
: ~ charge thee therefore before God,
: and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall
!, Judge the quick and the dead At III
{ appearing and his Kingdom; prsaeA
d the word; be insistent in ssason ~
d out Of season; rebuke; exhort withaI|
$ long suffering and doctrine. Wste1
r thou all things. endure Athletics. u
: the work Of the evangelist; nnaAC