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Show I.eai:nei doctors of divinity sometimes some-times indulge in some queer discussions. A great Scotch divine once wrote a Look to prove the lawfulness of bap-ti.ina; bap-ti.ina; with soup, and at a recent conference con-ference of Presbyterian clergymen at CJrecnock. Scotland, the important question was debated whether theological theolo-gical graduates should be required to display their power in extemporaneous prayer before being licensed. On the one hand it was argued that "prayer would be profanity if paraded as a show exercise," and that "competitive prayer was irreverent, while competitive preaching was not." On the other hand it was maintained that clergymen should be trained in the methods of public prayer, as "pra3'er was an important im-portant part of their business." One I speaker declared that many clergymen j often wept in secret over the mistakes they made while praying in the churches which they would not have made if they had been taught how to pray when they were students. The debate on the subject was very earnest, but the the Presbytery did not decide whether l,heologioal students should be required a engage in "competitive prayer." |