| Show ON TOPICS The ho Leader r Twenty minutes Is long lon enough elough es ye especially on these hot inot days dus and tho lie speaker added I J like to go BO to church and small shall go Sunday Sunda but hut there Is a n certain Illness Ine s In la things which ministers ter ought to recognize This was WS overheard on a t car arid n a good fod runny many ministers ought to t overhear It I for a I good ninny many of ot th m must lust plead guilty July to the charge of advant advantage ago age of ot their loyal loul but perspiring per hear hearers ors ers The Time fact is a t good gool ninny many preach preachers ers ems have as ns their object not so RO much One Iho Influence for or good of ot tire the people ople In Inthe Inthe Intire the tire pews ns as ni tine the symmetrical complete completeness ness noes of oC theIr own thought They ruiey look upon the sermon as 11 n ii 1 thing tItling rather than thun an nl It Is IB a product ot of their brain and they timey thc want It without a n flaw faw Every I ver corner must be bo perfectly rounded every over eer bit or ornamentation brilliantly polished until the thing thin Is la a n technical work of ot art ant r ThIS scientific product ought to te do moro more good goad thun loss less formal and an 1 perfect anti and probably It t may ma when there lucre Is snow on the ground but bt If I It takes moro more than twenty to exhIbit it It will wi bo he boa hea a failure when the mercury stands at lt ninety In tine the shade Christian Advocate In those these the days we havo inase become nc ac accustomed to doing arid and to seeing timIngs things none dune on n a large scale alo It I Is the largest ship that attracts attract anti and absorbs nb orb atten attention nten lion tion lon time the highest building the time heaviest locomotive the longest bridge tho tine deepest lle lt mine maine the time greatest r nt sl corporation and amid all there Is that In the time atmosphere which makes It easy ealY anti and almost natural al ci for tor m IIII uteri to live 11 move tov and have their b beIng In III superlatives that ate arc lO related to the lie Idea Idell of vastness To turn aside and amid devote attention to things of ofa ofa ofa a sphere ph ere oven though of as lS much anti and perchance of moro more Is to bo be confronted by an on Im ii Impatient patient patent and amid an Instinctive un on to perform tire the less osten ostentatious part Mn Most Io t people poem Bom to pre pie prefer Ir for fer tel to stand In II the front row ninth to sit It In Irm the chief places and whether they tine are arc worthy worth to do rho so or II are en entItled tItled tilled tiled to time the distinction suit Involves l II a n secondary con consideration COl sidera lion Christian ChrIstan Register Nothing In Is II so good for tor the tho church ns as the antagonism of ot the lie world Nothing Is hotter better for the time ministry than Iran the criticism which attends U it In countries whore the critic sleeps II VII and ant protest Is ts unavailing the clergy sink Into sloth slothful ful til oh ways wae and are arc overcome by b many manya a n temptation which could not nt thrive In Inthe inthe th the frosty foty tro t air of or vigorous I dissent Wo We hive have come to better heier ins days In the time re me religious world when trIton It Is possible to ex ox express press our antagonisms without wrath but It will trill wil not be 1 well itch wel for the tho churches or time the church If It we go co further and lose bose the habit of ot vigorous dIssent be he because because cause we would live Ivo at peace with wih our neighbors Any An any nn mode ode of ot fellowship any Rn method of ot lion lon which prevails without dIssent will wi soon 1011 become b como oppressIve from Its Ill for tor formality mality mal or feeble for tor lack of ot fresh con contact contact tact with the the active ft forces which tend to health fund and life From the tho Forum orum Perhaps the most effective reform In Inthe tho the religious newspapers of ot the tire future will tutu be Le a I lowering lowerinG In price A paper II of ot high hl h qualIty appearing at nt tine the demo democratic 1110 cratic figure of ot two cents would reach a I large largo constituency that can mn not af at afford n atford ford fOld the aristocratic ton ten cents or even Iven tho the reduced subscription price which hug has to lie be li paid In one sum Uy By I readers whose Income Is moderate two to cents n a week welk can Mn be paid much more mor easily than a n dollar collar n a 1 year fr Accordingly time tho til paper Pallor which Is II to gain a it I large cir chr circulation among the lie multitude t must ru t be procurable nt at the railway bookstall or at nt the ne n store ns as easily as I a through t tie tile e malls mAI Supply and de demand oIl mand mani mann must stimulate each eRch other until this stage tRl has hAi been reached The Im inn Importance of or competent arid enterprising business management ls Is II often oft n over overlooked overlooked looked In tho the discussion of ot this ques question lIon tion lon but It I Is ns as necessary to religious a al as to secular F ular Journalism m Where When pub puh Isher and editor are alike omelon tire the of readers will wi do more mort to extend ox tend the circulation than will 1 bo be b done donI by b a I lavish expenditure on advertising nC The lime The Te friends frends of ot the tho American m board bon who ho haw have closely ly watched the state statements statements ments of o receipt r from month to month have hart hlo been beon n pained d to note the shrinkage an as With h last year ear In the tho eon con contributions of or churches a anti Individuals This shrinkage Including Womans Hoard receipts r In Is II more moro than 00 for forthe forthe forthe the first ten months of ot the fiscal yar tM ear And Ani In view of o this fact tact time the close lIMe of nt the year August 31 Is with wih much prayerful solid solicitude tune tude T 1 this large luge shrinkage II i imade made mae up lP during the short time that re ac remains r mains maln the tta board hord will wi be b compelled to close Iole lt It Its car tor with z debt much larger than of or a year r ago and this means serious disappointment not only on onto to many tany In this country but also all to the heavily burdened burdene missionaries on the foreign field feld i t |
