The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1953-05-02
Minister

Minister
All sorts of names are given to
ministers. Some call them Rev
erend." title hanging over from
the Middle Ages and one that most
ministers, to tell the truth, would
gpst as soon not have Some cali
them Preacher and they do
preach; but few ministers preach
fnr more than two or three hours
Out Of the 1853 hours in the week.
a bigger word and better word
Is il1st Minister" This ia a word
IL Paul used about himself, and it
Wax not original with him. Our
Lord used it of himself. Our Eng
AEh language rather conceals the
TACT that the word means Zone
who serves" for in the Greek that
Paul used the word serve" and
Sxss word minister are almost
he same. Minister does not mean
servant" in the cap-and-apron,
hired-nan sense of the word. 1t
abes mean one who is of service.
Mere Is one country minister In
&arth Carolina. much loved by
hks people, who not only breaches
Ind cares for the souls Of his peo-
re but who has shown them how
ID raise strawberries better than
were ever grown in those parts be-
kwe. He spells Service in letters
aeat spread over all Of Life.
. -s,E
Teacher o~-@r---''s-asss'' sSfe
II all you get out of church is a
good feeling" you don't get what
vas intended. or else your minis.
sera isn't quite up to his job. The
minister who takes st. Paul for
&sl model will be a teacher and
rot' simply preacher. We know
That Paul at Ephesus taught in
he lecture-hali of Tyrannus every
weekday, perhaps Sundays too
The good minister's sermons will
De a kind Of education; but he does
mt stop there. The minister can't
ae&ch all the classes in Sunday
School! but ne can see TO it that
me Sunday school selects good
teachers. He can oversee the
whole business of religious educa.
don IN mis- church, check on what
Is being done, help to plan with
-fhs teachers and other workers,
.seer that the teachers have q
chance TO attend training classes,
Selp build up the Sunday school
library there is hardly any
end to what the minister can do
M a teacher, il he has half mind
IN that direction. Above all, the
minister is the Bible teacher.
Pastor
When all is said and done, how.
ever. there is no finer word than
Pastor; and no higher work than
THAT he does There simply Is not
anywhere any institution except
he Christian church that has any
hing like the place and work of
ohe pastor. An old-fashioned name
Tor this is the "cure of souls" and
ehat never meant just the cure
Of sick souls, but also the care of
souls to keep them from being
sick. Paul, when he was reviewing
ais work in the church at Ephesus,
couid have mentioned some of the
startling and sensational events
which Luke mentions in chapter
70. Instead, Paul describes mis-
swn day-to-day, door-to-door work
as pastor Of his people. To put 1t
as simply as possible, the pastor
brings God into the lives of his
people, and brings his people to
God. While the minister may have
a salary, as in most churches he
does, he can never be paid for
what he does as pastor. How can
we pay man in money for COM
fort and warning and faith and
strength, that we would not have
known without his help?
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