The broad ax., 1923-12-08
'HARLES E. STUMP, WHO CONTTN-
UES TO POSE AS THE RECIU AR
I1RAvELlNG CORRESPONDENT
rOR The BROAD AK. SEEMS TO
81 UNABLE TO PULL OUT OF
TEXAS, THE LONE STAR STATE
III EXPECTS TO BLOW INTO CHI
GAGO JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE
THIS COMING CHRISTMAS.


Methodist Episcopal Church. there
seems e Be Nc question Just now. but
then ] am not to talk to You about
that this week. for / have been On
the sick list, even right down IN BED
one more time, but As I write You this
time am up and about
! thought At one time that / would
have 70 60 back 10 san Francisco.
and viii keep this before me. ! have
return ticket 50 my fare Is provided. 1
hope that things are going wen with
you Let the world do As il may. bur
! am here to stay until / leave So
this week finds me with Bishop WI
liam Decker Johnson in the Central
Texas conference. and they are having
a big time here We find men who
want TO Be bishops, men who want
70 be general officers. and they are just
getting along nicely. Rev. 5. D. But
let WAS elected a delegate n his con
ference, and he Is going to have some
say about things, and then / would
Ike 10 See him made : bishop. He
rs indeed . deserving man Among
the Others / would mention Rev. i. j.
Howard who has been before the
church before, and be Is 4 good man
z Among the other candidates who
VIII be considered are Revs. w. Z
MoGrew. J. Z. Williams, P. c Hunt.
a. H. Carr, ]. a. Jones, M. D. Miller,
and some others am proud Of their
record and what they are doing. but
some Of these men win have TO wait
but ] must not forget to mention
Rev. 9. B. Young. another good man
and college graduate
wish you could have been here
Among the visitors were Bishop "A. J..
Carey. 81 Chicago, Rev. G. IL. Tanner,
OF Chicago, Rev F. G. Snelson. Of
Memphis. and 7 was considered some
noted visitor also. But enough Of that
That address Of Bishop johnson was
worth visit to the state. He spoke
On Running on a Flat Tire Now
il i some subject Tor an annual con
4 ference address, and 50 impressed ME
that am gong to tell you some az It.
Read and reflect.
There was : time II this country
when il was thought that any one
could keep school, hence, more
stripplings. or men Of mature age with
no fixed views engaged in keeping
school thought they never taught.
because Of themselves untaught. They
could neither discipline nor instruct
because they had not been properly
disciplined and instructed They were
running Oh . fat tire
-It Is not enough that . man j.
good and steady in order to become
teacher. Nor ! It sufficient, In or
der 70 become 4 minister. that 4 man
put on a clerical garb and move along
with dignity and ostentation- It
sometimes happens that II spite az
AT exterior JUNCTION the head is empty
and the heart void az feeling Il i
essential that 4 minister's whole life
and character BE- 50 pure and correct
that he shall constitute 4 pattern
worthy of the closest imitation. His
daily walk and conversation should
form a living epistie to Be known and
read By al people. impzrting uuto
them snoh instruction Is VIII lead
them II ways oF virtue and useful IN
dustry.
these points are 20 evident that
Z hardly need urge thsir oonsidera-
ton and would not do 90 were Il
not thar persons are constantly seek
ing and many gaining admission "a
the ministry who are sadly deficient =
their Qualifications. a preacher who
on every occasion mzuifests iguorzncs,
u degree az hesitation indicative
thereof IS running on Fat tire He
not only impzirs but often destroys
his usefulness A preacher should not
only hare knowledge. but ability saf-
hcient to npzrt the same II e lzrks
the faculty Of instrneting his coagre-
CATION. e Is merely : light under a
busheI. whose rays are 50 circum-
zcr7bed = to Be- OF no valve The
eF5cieut ard successful minister VIII
Be i Light on hi impzrtnz cheer
ful int1EEigence and clear vision . I'll
around.
ri occasionally happens tfzt some
zutoist tries . make speed without
really knowing what retards his prog
zress. Only after some one tells him
that be has = Hat fire Is he cognizant
Of the seat Of trouble Men Ike that
are somewhat akin to the people II
congratuEzting themselves On their IN
dependence. their ability to gek along
without the most common and essen
tai aids. They boast Of their inde-
pendence II III human agencies and
feel that they are above al power
@One day : well-edurzted, pi0us
csergyuuzn rrzs arrosted By preacher !
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