Show pastor to be influential must be honest in his pulpit utterances by REV DR ALBERT EDWARD DAY pittsburgh how tan can a congregation trust its minister as a spiritual adviser if it suspects that he is saying what he does not believe or is not saying what wha t he ha does believe only ft a few weeks ago I 1 sat in a company of the most intellectual men of the day one of them an educator of national reputation told of having ha ving gone to a prominent church and as he listened to the preacher having jotted down on paper some things which the th preacher uttered A few days later this educator confronted that preacher with his pulpit declamations and asked do you believe these things the preacher hastened to avow that he did not that he only said eaid such things to please ills his pew holders who would be shocked by a revelation of his real state of mind how can a minister stand in the pulpit and utter insincere words and exact to retain either the blessings of god or the confidence of men it costs something to be honest but as lono long 0 as a preacher stands in any pulpit his hia congregation should be sure that ho he is dealing honestly and that what lie he says in the pulpit represents a conviction and nd not a bi bid d for salary |