Show DONT DON'T r LIKE mE THE MINISTRY n As usual the tho general conference e eor of or the Presbyterian ministers meets a familiar foe toe It Is the disinclination tion of or young oung men to enter the tho minis try tn Year at after r year there Is a smaller number of ot young oung men In the pulpits pulpit of or that church Year b by year th the older ministers make It the subject L of or discussion and of a sort of or wondering wondering won won- dering complaint The They dont don't se ae sen m 1 to know knots wh why Perhaps the nearest approach to an at i explanation is the statement of ot a t veteran who finds there Is little Presbyterianism Pres- Pres In lit the homes Ho He lint finds 9 family worship has haR become almost almos I. I unknown that the old custom of ot takIng taking tak talc ing alt all the family to church an and I bringing up the children In the tho nurture nur nur- turo ture and admonition of ot the tho Lord ha has hac become obsolete The boys bors ge get away from the churchgoing churchgoing church church- going families and if It the they take a n. college course at all ll select the state stat e schools or those which do not apor- apor tam aln to the tho Presbyterian terlan faith An And d the he girls Instead of becoming wives wire s of ot Presbyterian young men th ho 0 mothers of or another generation c of c Presbyterians prefer colleges where 0 there Is the tho least possible sectarian n restraint upon them and them and I a husband husban d I who need not know John Calvin Cal I The problem Is a a. real one for tor Ui the IC Presbyterians As As' As things s go either r r the they will have to make mako some radical al 11 reversals which rc which old men are disinclined disinclined dined to do or human nature will trill have to change In the tho boys bos and girls giris Ir s. s And human nature Isn't likely to do doan an anything of or the kind Yet wo we have every faith alth In tho the then lion certain to come from the reverend gentlemen a assembled Their church has done so much for tor the tho nation and for tor tho race and its pulpits are o occupied occupied oc oc- b by so 80 man many worth worthy and useful men that even those not related relate cnn but hope a a. course ma may bo be ChoR chosen m which will Ill render unknown the complaint com corn plaint of or a youth indifferent or an anold anold anold old ago OGe haunted with tho the fear tear of ot ex ex- |