| Show AM AS Si MONEY It Is claimed that moro morn than three hundred clergymen have applied to the lr for tor or appointments na nil army Irmy chaplains eIHl and naturally there Is speculation peculation ton us to the tho reason for or partiality to army service In tile tie the cleri cieri clerical den cal prot profession lon Is there a 11 superfluity or of clergymen Or Is the tho salary that roM pots with a 11 no so great Jr lIt mi eli Attraction to 10 the average minister Ur Or lr Is the position of or a n soldier consid considered red ned M so 0 perilous spiritually that there therel l is h a veritable race among the preach preachers ers err to lo be first t to save sao thorn thom No mat matter matten ten ter what whit I the tue explanation may many Ina be the tho flirt filet remains that there thero are numerous preachers anxious to 10 leave their pul 1111 pulpits tilt pits and nooks locks for tor snore more remunerative a sad Rd commentary by 11 the wiy Wil to tho the welt wull known Scripture rl pass Ins passage age lICe 0 hold we W have forsaken nil all alland unit and followed thee what we nyc have haw therefore There are not too many ministers In Inthe inthe th the country surely lure At the beginning of ot title this year nar there thore were wore only theological students In the tle various In Institutes of ut learning while tine tho law lann students amounted to and find the he medical students to This would Indicate n a shortage rather than Ihan n a su so superfluity 11 II If It the proportion of ot the nc ad od tuni follow ors of or these protections professions lons Is Its about the same MOle as RS that of or the tho students It In 1 1 pretty sure that the tho pulpit Is be becoming coming onnIn less I IA attractive than It used sed to tobe tob tolie be lie b And this thus Is lit a 11 hopeful sign of ot the age If It the profession Is over ever cleansed from rein those who have hac entered It for tor the salary those thosa who wino lire are called by b the tho I Almighty for the tine ministry will be able to do moro mora good tOod than all those thoRe who act acton acton on human authority alone One Elijah Is U a much muth nobler force torce In a II nation than Iha tour four hundred false e prophets Dr Ir Parker speaking of or the preacher of ot the Iho new neni century liftS hRS this to say lito The preacher of ot tho the twentieth cen century century tury tur would not do tb badly for himself or for tor his hi cause If It he lie studied the thc pr that was so 80 striking and ef et effective In the tine first century Those who boast and perhaps Justly of ot being belnA apostolic In their spirit and methods method should return to the apostolic point li of at view In the nUtter of at preaching ns nil aswell well ns as 8 endeavor to ICI It If In the tho matter of or polity How Hol did lId men preach In the tho first nUl century of o the tho thee Christian cm ero Did they write sermons and read 10 p h m to tD 1 or fir resentful Uon tho the classical u Or r ort pride bride themselves on sIn pol loi and eloquent Ion to i of ot and ani in the tho Wow Nor Tf to bo be further from aPostolic method than moth are rU accounted timely time and anil po ular own n age e In itt lime Liars wy my Y rut great l foi rol lowed tF of ot the thu There not ant ot comment on a V the of the tho literature of or tie the nor wore were ninny many tl respecting the manlier r o elegant nt or Inelegant or of the We rend read that when hen or n wua vita delivered the fl with their teeth t ath upon the Iho l hint hurled out to tl be On OIL another lon wa WI read the hearers listened Ih reft l in un their heats owl DUll anah crl crId oUI with vengeance and sums ome m Iha h l mo eo of ot penitence The f In Its b beet t preach pr ing in been f by two distinctly First I It u hits elthel r I ta n a with I with h a u gre great grut t of ot thankfulness and con can coni t n a liew new life lIe of ot love lovu tn Ira the tho Ih heart hearl or Jt It i haa hilll been resented de it I And d Virulently We e hwe little ut of tin tho latter effect In our ouri oWn owl h sermon has hInt lont so 50 much i ot at i its Poin 1 t em I high Is Ii I tolerated by ono one section conscientiously S avoided by another even ven 0 of ho Ih chuich public Wre the tho 11 calling of rif a minima nn tin ht i age Uge there thc e would id be beno o ono no one studying 1 1 for tor It to 10 obtain n a salaried but there thoro would nev non be Ce no no lack of ot messengers mCH to 10 mankind Then N would 1 be no hunt for clerical situations for Cor tho those thoe e engaged tn In the th service would look forward t tat toward reward only which hns has been ted to t every good and faith fulth ful tul ul servant rUt sc of ot God clod a I |
