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i i 8 THEPREACItER_S MAGAZINE - t THE PREACHER'S MAGAZINE 9 4, The Bible is tile Bunk oi all bodks Its poetry for pulpit preparation' but f am saying that it is laid down Hear Joshua talk about Moses. Re- about by every wind of doctrine and by the cunts ,be mo_t sublime, and its eloquence i_ the n.- supldementary to it. member the word which Moses the servant of the ningness and craftiness of men. ble_t that ever fell from human lips or swayed 3. Smallness o] caliber. Littte one track men. Lord commanded you." Again, "ye shall return It. WHY SUCH WEARNES'SES PRI_V^IL. human heart. No history of earth is so important men that are jealous of the success of others. '! unto the laud of possessions, which.Moses the .as the Bible story of-God's dealings wRb a sinful Small. _elfish men who ne{_er rio. mucb oL a_ly- Lord's servant _ave you." What did the people I .believe, there is. just one fundamental all ab- world. No arguments are so unanswerable, no thine themselves.but are always looking for some: say? They said. Joshua, we will go anywhere sorbmg rude of reason, tributary andreasons this reason and that answers is ,be a multi- Holy precepts ;ire SOimportant, no promises are so on- one lo make a nest for them. Little. suspicious you _ay and will be as loyal to you as w¢ were to couragbm, no [hreatenings are so terrible, ha men who feel they are always being discriminated Mug's. Now suppose Joshua had senl in hls.re- Gbost has been grieved• I do not say tbat He bus prophecies are so far-reacbing aml so true• And. against; mistreated, anti never given a chance. . port to tbe Herald ol "Holiness of tbe awful con- left us. but 1 believe His work has been s[owed difion he found when he took up the Israelite up Holy•Ghost men do not.preach merely [or a the preacher.has the key that unlocks them all Little calliper men Lhat have but one pattern or • church, how things were run down, that idolatry lob or [)rofession but heeao_ o[' • burl_ing passion and the commissinn to declarb tbem all to a dying mold and every member of ,be church must'bear was among tile people, collections poor, etc. But that finds rest in nc other occupation. Holy world. And these Anytexts an_e) of mi_bt Scripture, covet, dlsregardfd tlds opportunity, by so their personal stomp or be anatIiema. " " "by Ids master hand. after six'weeks collections Ghost men rio not dry up the fountain of p,r_onM many, are the 'jewelled caskets ,bat contain them 4. Thost struck with femtnlnetis. Menwhoare " - _i:ere coming, crowds increasing,.Spirit was again testimony but+by frequent and spontaneous testiall. careless in their association with women working and that he _xpected the best year of his mot)y tell of the miahty works of God. Itoly 5. Too much driving power Going toforce life• What wouhI his church have thought? Ghost men are nor'little men. The'Holy Ghost is ii -- tbings shrough or break it up. We often make a What woubl his old parishioners havesaid? There too great to'tabernacle in a little man. WIlen }to MINISTERIAL W E A K N E S S E S AND _reat deal over our courage anti holy boldness is little _ained by one man's trying to build his comt_ He makes men big, magnanimous.',_onsid. • , fame on what he thinks is some other man's mis- crate, cbarital?lc. Holy Ghost men are not hano- _ I THEIR /_y C. ILREMEDY STRON(; ,ruination. when " it may or worse be nothing yet, carnal, more than stubbornness. human deter- rakes. Tben too_ after the new man has been on ing around and makin_ auto trips with: other the j6b as long as his predece_or and has done a_ men's wives, ilirtlng with old maids, or havin_ ! I. Tin: Wx_x_;£sszs. 6. Want oJ Intercession I fear as a group of much. it will be ample time for him to plume his private council with young widows Holy Ghost I. Pro]esswnali._m We can preach better, men that we do not bear the marks of soul bur- win_s for flight _md tune up his crowing appa- men are not drivers, hut are lefiders, they deliver ' scripturally than once we could, huf is our motive ministry of God Give me souls or I die has ever- • another's expense is poor business. Politicians trust G!M to work out in His ov(n time an w v more homiletisally, more logically, find even more den aod compassion, that should characterize the ratus. This matter of trying to become famous at their soul _and do nnt try to lores the*issue hut • as singular to glorify GOd a_sin other days? Do " characterized great lovers of men and _Ucceksful _m'y do it and zet away with it. Ham_in tried it Hi_ program: Holy Ghost men. live in an atmos* we.not look well to the si_ of the congregation, soul winners. But where is the Jeremlah that Is lo .his own sorrow, belt God is persuaded better phere of prayer and intercession. Tbey get dfings the amount of remuneration, before we decide Willing for God to reduce his life to tears that tbings of us. _ frt:sh tlim as from a [riemL tbe hand I{oly of Gbost GOd, and men commune arc never with supwbich almost field invariably of labor feel'led shall of bethe ours. Lord andtodogowe where not men,mightbe u_ that will incorpo'rate saved? Where the prayer is the of man Pafil amon_ iuto _en o .7"oo p/eaters, tanw,'tedious,'lire_.le, job seekers. Man .Iearers. time Nothing errors, p'.anters for tbemselves or for others, tbey i love ' ! the cungregatioE is the largest and where pros- his a curse own fifewhen [or his he brethren challenged and God kinsman's' to makesake? him can be more paralyzing Lhanthis. Wlien one be- .brother their bro0_er minister as tbemst,lves as tbey wouhlbe and always treated. treat Holy their . pects are tile mnst lucrative ? Now I am not tg- Where are the Nashes, Knoxes, Baxtets, , and mo_ comes messagesuch of God a minister that man andbecomes feats toa speak molly out coddle, the t;host men are not ihterested in blowing their own . norant of tbe fact that you are thinking that su(h modern Mr. Buunds'that will step into the breach horn or havinra' committee appointed to do it a field offers the best opporluoity. Maybe so. no ent ty a pussyfooter a too of tha Dcv and • But wbat is tim motive that casts tile ballot of and turn lhe tide from Worldliness to righteous- the sooner he ceases"to cumber the grouml' m" ooa_ '": fur them, they obey.'God, and trust Him for prohess in our ranks today? Until we _ find sucb motions. IIoly Ghost men are not dry, tedious deci._ion? Is it the voice of God saying tbis is the a man or determine to be such a one let us not and Rives-way to men•who fear nothinr but God - • pulpiteer_; what they say:is fresh anti not th[ead. t! way, better watk job? ye in it. or is it the business sense of a retreat and leave the bettlefield to the enemy, and the cause hate notbing of God and but His sm Church. so nmeh _l_e better Ior " bare, time.wor_ and shop-dusty. Holy Ghost ', , 7. Too mush o I the lacobs_irit. Not that men,haw a creed, a doctrine, a message of "thus 2, Want of Personal Teslimot_y. We have an 10. Shortness on biblical, doctrinal preaching, saish tile Lord'." ,'i abundance of talk, preaching, eX!_ortation,exegesis, Jacob spirit that prayed all hight for the blessing, Wh!le the world is waxing worse and worse anti such. as it is, and,.sometimes, . we'groW. . eloquent.and, ingh'Ut totherootJaC°boutthatsomeSUpplanted'other roanthe'spirt'from his pastorateOt want* when preachers arc propagating doubts .that wohld Ill. TtE REMF.DY. ._'OO. CAN EASILyANTICIPATE ' reg,ster our wsmns ana dreams nut ther£ _ a_. _r_,_. .... , . . put Payne and-lngersoll to shame, and when 'i'ltE REMEDY. , - . . . • ....... "mr.position toe sprat taut savors m poucy ano • _ lack of pos_ttve persona testtmon¥ of what God. Sunday night services are being giveh over •to The remedy is.back to GOd_back to' Pentecost ! has done and is now - doing for our_lves. Paul politics friends to to have get at what the sacrifice you want of a or brother want your_ rainbook reviews ' instead of to the gospel, it is no back to personal t_timony, back to posltive _ said he was called to be a minister and a witness; _ time to tame down anti generalize the gospeL' It preaching, back to holy [ivJllg, back to brotherly i not merely a prescriber of wbat the gospel could ister. The spirit that has a few speak-easy bench- ts ours to ring the dmnges on such cardinal doc- love and kindness, back to 'fellowship with all tbe do hut a witness of what/the gospel had.done for men to drop.a word of'the possible avaflahillty of l - ,does of the Bible as the creation of man, tin, _aints, hack to prayer and intercession, hack to you to the place that.another rightfully holds, incarnation, redemption, resurrection, repentgnce, holy reeklemhess, back to consistent living, back himself. Happy is the preacher that isn't too ' dignified when he gets in she brush to call to llfe Th_ spirit of a scavenger that goes about dabbling _ salvation, sanctification, judgment, second coming, to willing service and sacrifice, back to expressed some hit of personal experience to save the day. in cesspools to find an argument to further, his healing, hell_ eternity, heaven, To fail here means confidence in our fellow ministers, back to de- Paul carried ,be day in many a hard'fought bat- owfi kingdom. Lobreed about us followers who are weak in the termination anti desperation, bacl_ to the baptism tle by relating the Damascus episode. [ am not 8. Sol] Inflation. Joshua was the.successor'of . faith, sballow ih experience, stippled in Scriptural with the Holy Ghost and fire. This will cure "us .aying that a personal testimony is a substitute Moses, that is, be t6ok she pastorate that Mo._s hope and will result tn otlr members being tossed, ol our prof_'ssionalism. This will give us ames-
10 THE PREACHER'S MAGAZINE THE PREACHER'S MAGAZINE It sa_e so hot that if an angel were to.thandle it he circuit the old saddle bags were shouting the . heavenward. The preacher that can be a jack-of- occupy only a relative position. It should not all trades will not be a power for God in his pul- have pre-emifienee among us. "lice.sou is greater would have to bare {dogs to keep from burning praises of God and keeping Up the glory hallelujah I him as in the case of Isaiah. This will help us chorus. My fellow ministers, let us keen God in pit, The man that _pends more time with his old than the body in importance and ought to have get in elbow touch with broken-hearted, broken- our midst and then we will prove that•thepath of q Ford than communion with his Lord will not suc- ' its relative and superior place• _" _pirited men. This will cause us to practice our the just.is as a shining light thai shineth more teed in the ministry, Davit[ Brainerd had a bur- Even ;no much negative truth in our opinion is 'den and a.message for his beloved Indians, azld "at advlsabie for tile pulpit. We mean to .say preachin¢. If the preacher has a rood deal tosay and more unto tile perfect day. I on one occasion .when he was without an inter- tbet the evolutionary hypothesis higher, and deabout spiritual death he•will be sure he is not on- I . prefer, the gospel meesage_ so burdened his heart structive criticism, popular heresies, fads, hobbies cumbered with grav_ clothes. II he waxes warm • that he preached anyhow, though n_t a word was and such like simdld receive but scant attention [ on the subject of perfect love he will 3urely have the dye of God shed abroa I n is own heart by A MESSAGE VS. A SERMON understood by his lmllan audience and salvatidn and place in our message. That something should the Holy Ghost. When he takes the banks Or'rife ""_- By E. E. WOanSWORTII flowed in the mldsL But Brab_erd knew how to be said on these things we doubt not, but can we river Jordan. for bin pulpit and preaches on re- _ E believe there is a distinction between wrap himself in his bearskin coat and pray in the not find glorious positive lruths that grcatiy need pentance he will surety bear fruits of repentance wa sermon anti a message. A sermon snow until ne was wet wit h perspiratinn ahd emphasis and enlargement upon? Who can exin bin own life When he take5 the tileme'of l_o- may be. dcfined as a public discourse sometimes blood would flow from his nostrils• haust the subject of prayer? Who can compass }loess of heart anti life tor his•subject he Will sup- on a religious subject delivered by a clergyman. O what a burdenl . the outer circle of the doctrine of faith? Who plement such i{reaching by a constant walk with It may be a real gospel message, |t may not. We The clergymen 'of England sermonized and dis- can fathom.the depths of the inner spiritual life? God2 It will rfdn a pros'chef of. holiness to preach are llvirig in a day and age of what is called coursed on religious subjects, but Wesley and his Who can adequately portray the wonders'and glo- "on the fraits of carnality and then _how evidences "ltnok Sermons". delivered by popular l_reaebers coadjutors had a.message and old England was rles anti sufferings of the Cross? of the old man in his own life Other men with on some current books• A message carries with " stirred and revivals came and mighty outpourings Brethren, the days of our years are numbered. " ess t_rofrssion,may do it and be received, but no.t it something more than a mere sermon. A mrs- of the Spirit were witnessed, on the Isles and in Wc must hasten ahd work while it is _alled day. so with us If we preach hlg and make strong ca_e is more than an outline or manuscript witll the Udlted States. Finney had a mesmge that "The night cometh when no man canwork." This demands on our parishioners we better carry some. introduction, divisions, amplification, application burned like fire in his bosom'and the New Eng- poor lost :ind fallen world needs the .message of samples _N)ng n our _wlcase. _ As a matter of and conclusion, and _ve _0 no[ write disparagingly . land States felt the power- of his message. Booth salvation. We must reap for the season will soon fact the minister in the long run is no stranger tn of full preparation for the pulpit. We believe it hctd a message for the downtrodden and the out- be past. We retest battle Ior the swqrd will soon the putp!t than he is out of tile lmipit and ills life is an impertinence t?or a preacher to be lazy men- " cast. A soapbox was his pulpit and a saloon be sheathed and the roar of the cannon will die in and conduct will live Ion_ after his" pulpit utter- tally and to assume the sacred role of the ministry crowd hisauditors but the message of Booth has the distance. We must sound-the trumpet with antes have been forgotten, and 'nut take his calling seriously. The preashee " been felt a_ond_the world, elation tone and no uncertain sound. "Preach the We may resort to other thlnttr, than tile gospel . should be an ass[do'pus stodenl. He ought to toil A gospel message should deaf with vital anti preacixing that I bid thee." to regulate the lives of men but we will fail. Gen- early and hale. /undamenlal things in' the main. A preacher in MtUr,'r_tt'oLts, _ttUU, oral Butter thoughl to cle_in up Philade[pbia by What then is a mcs._ge? It i_ defined as fol- our city recently preached on "Wild Geese." We law. At the outset, of his program an old time lows: "A divinely inspired or reve_led commum. " have. rcat_ of a. minister who discoursed on *'The Baptist divine anticipated the outcome and at ca.tion, as of a prophet; • divine tidings[ hence an Hygienic Effects ol Sleep.!' Jowett when [eetur- A PERTINENT PERSONAL QUESTION that time declared a remedy. He said you can inspired utterance of I_luth." The seraphic John .lag Io the Yale theological students said, "Preach peace a policeman on the doorstep of every home Fletcher said, "It is the unction. that makes the on the great themes." By.great themes be-ex- Were the whole world good as you--not an in pIdladellthia but men will continue to.be law- .preacher.". Preaching without unction and pn_vee " " plained,that be'meant evangelical repentance, a atom better-- less hut said if be would lint _n old time preacher and passion and burden, _ven though [t be ortho, blood atonement, regeneration, sanctification, etc. Were it just as pure and true, of the gospel n_ the doorstep of every home he dox and biblical, will bare a killing effect, "The we oelieve there is cnough in these great themes Just as pure and true as you; Just as strong in faith and works; wouM seea revolution of good. letter killeth but the: Spirit giveth life." It was "of the Bible to occupy the minfster_s time and Just as free from crafty quirks; We may _'vin promotion, but if we win such _id of the great Richard Baxter that he preached attention for a lifetime. His ministry should All extortiott, all.deceit; promotion_ at.the sacrifice of our spiritual power as a dying man to dying men. He also stained largely.dcal.witl_ saving truth and that which will Schemes its neighbor to defeat; again we fail. I beard of two men in a great the walls u[ bin study with'prayer, edify and perfect the saints. PremillennIg I truth Schem_ its neighbors to delraud; • meeting, one bad been promoted b:/ his church A message must have heart in it. Ferfuncfory_ Is very interesting and precious, but we have seen Seheme_ some culprit to.applaud-- and. was recognize_[ as a great leader but n_ :is prdfcssMna[ service 'will not do. Thcprcachee preachers who were more interested in DantcFstoes Would this world be better? meeting he lamented the fact publicly that be was must be blessed and have the glor_ on. His soul and the mosque of Omar lhan m gracious revivals. Some are more interested in the lost tribes of If the whole world Iollow'ed you--followed to not enjoying the victory that be did in his circuit must be filled with holy passion.- He must come I Israel than the lost in their congregations. Please the letter-:- riding days, the days when God blessed his elides, forth from bin closet bathed in tears. Others may Would it be a nobler world, when men were traOsformed and as he traveled be prayerl_s but the preacher, never. Others may remelnher that we are not saying that millennial over his clrcutts the old saddle bags seemed to be formal and cold but the minister must be a truth should not be preached. We.. believe it All .deceit and falsehood.hurled. shout glory to God and hallelujah to the tune of veritable flame of fire: Level headed theology _ should, hut we should not be sidetracked into put- From it altogether; Malice, selfishness, and luf.t the clatter of his ponies' feet. "But the other man and practical common sense is |ndi_peusable, but ring the emphasis on non-saving truth. Divine Banish from beneath the crust arose and t/ddrcssed his friend of other days and the needs of the'hour demand more khan this. healing.is a precious truth. It has its place. The• Covering human hearts from view-- he said he was yet Hding the circuit, that God The people want a preacher who cat_ preach with preacher will do well to unoidt the sick and pray. Tell me, if it followed you, was still bleming and that as he traveled over his power and stir the hearts of men Godward. and with and for them. But even this truth should Would the Worhi be bettee?--Selecled.
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