Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-02
TELLS WHAT MAKES
FORCEFUL LEADERS
Chicago Bishop. AZ Opening OF
Drew Sun1mer School, SPEAKS
on Superiority.

MADISON. 1Enc e.~~orsg rLco-
logical Seminarys summer sehooi
opened yesterday. The eyen.ae e5-
ereises were marked by ore o. rhs
most foreeful talks ever neard py tire
ministers and professors there. Son
ior Bishop William F. Mcdowell, u:
Chicago, spoke on "A Study in r.
ligious Leadership Bishop Nilc,ss
of this conference, was to have made
the address but he was unnvoidably
detained. President Emeritus Henry
Arson Buttz, OF the seminary. pre-
sided and pronounced the benedic-
ton A bout $50 attended the lecture.
'eReligious leadership said the
speaker, lis different from military
leadership and religious leadership
is also distinct from ecclesiastical
leadership. There is liable to be con-
fusion on this point. They do not
always cover the same scope
"John r. Mott gives a good defini-
tion of leadership. This is no easy
task as there are about twelve den
nitions in the Century dictionary. lie
saws: "A leader is one who knows
the goal which he seeks to find;
knows the way to the goal, is IN az
vance of those he seeks to lead to this
goal and yet has his followers close
enough so that they lose neither him
nor the right way
Qualifications for Leader.
There are some qualifications that
are absolutely necessary to q leader.
The basis of all his qualities must
be proper and thorough knowledge
otherwise. he is blind, socially, in
tellectually and morally. In order
to be a religious leader, therefore,
one must know religion.
another essential is the spirit OF
cooperation and the ability to CO.
operate. 1t is a mistake to think OF
a leader in the spirit of boss 1here
is a man in my conference Wno II
not by any means the best educated
or the most competent, yet he turns
in the best results. This puzzled me
and | asked another colleague the
reason for this apparent inequality
He said that that man was the pest
'coaxer' that he had ever seen. tie
could sit down at a board meeting.
where everyone opposed him. ut the
end of the meeting he would have
brought them around TO his way OF
thinking and they would re)o'ce IN
il. / would not use the term 'wheedle
about this man, but he was
'coaXer.'
"The shepherd is the greatest typ
of pastoral or ministerial leader But
he must know mankind, othefWlse
he would not get along with th{
sheep
Speaking about horses, not man,
the speaker said that there are song
that will work single, but not doupls
Some work well under harness bus
not so we'll under saddle. Other
will be in their glory when in thu
lead, but will not act right when IN
the rear Unless a horse could WORK
well under all these conditions, sala
the speaker. by way of illustration
ii would not be we'll to appoint it
member of a committee -
Leaders Must BE Humble.
Leadership does not consist prin-
cipally in self-assertion. There is nd
true leadership without humility.
There is no man of us who escapes
being both a leader and follower.
Any man who faces other men and
the great tasks of life is bound to
be humble
In this connection Bishop NC
Dower spoke of the great quality of
st. John the Baptist-humility. He
said that humility is not recognizing
that another man is great, but that
God has many men in your own field
who are greater in that same field
than you are. This is the true spirit
of humility.
Leadership comes back at last to
herding the sheep of Christ, loving 1t
and protecting it against all dan
gers Love is the most human thing
there is when it is not expressed ipf
lordlv and superior way, but IN a
true Christlike fashion
President-emeritus Buttz will de-
liver the address tonight.