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12 THI_ PREACHER'S MAGAZINE . THE PREACIIEP.'S I_iAGAZINE 13
lithetc._prracb the many sermgns that cry for thin_ tl);tt. Ilk,chnrcb exia,ctstd lwr preachi, rs Lhlngsin our make-Ull tilat[end (t_deh'at LZ_m o_ircon_:_nt:lJnlsbouhl be "that Gad in Idlthint_s
deliverance It'[s poor readers '_bat run mlt .f edl_calbm:dly,, Ibe work of the ministry, ma) b_: _lorilied tllrml_h Jesus Christ."
sermons. ; hi fhe nexl place_ _ waist to consider the In the last place, we s oul stu( v systematically,
All preachers may nnt bavc,a _ _ . * II,I, OMI:NEn I)RE't,%IS ()1 • SEVER,_-L PI_nacIIER5
coll0_ze degree. PREaCIIER _.Vl¢ll[ ]IIS, CIIRRESPONDENCE ff We ex- HOW TO Ill,, EI_I"ICIEN"f LEADERS. We'sbould study An ohl hieidcm is fl_at lbat d]slingulshed Rev.
but_all can ilaw_ a ',,:ell-rounded edncatlon. In pect_l_>be efficienlministers(ifthe gospel,we duringthe morning hours,but stndy human nalure Dr. llonarilada dream that some angelsaBa|yzed
these days of opportunily,there isno f_ir_iveness slmldd practice.wrilint_and spelfint_chrrectly, tn the aftcrm)or/iNo dnubf'many of us woukl hi_motives a_ _lpreaehe¢ of the gospel To hls
for ignorance, in the ministry There are only Some preacbers ,,'.'rite so pu_rly, and spell even bare accan_plbbed greater lhbms for nur Lord And a_toJdsluuenl they found fourteen parts of selftwo
thinu_.lbal will keep a preacher from havbm worse. His kingdom, had we known better how to h'ad i_h_e:_s, f[leen part_ of _.ctarianism. twenty-two *_
an education, and that is PO(IR ]lEAf,TIt AI_lnLAZI- V_'ilh diclionari[,s and other help_ at our corn- lhe people. There 'is stlch 'a thil}_ as leading
parisof ambiti(m,ts'vent_'-tbrcc partslove to men,
_E.SS. The preacher that has had any educathmal maml. Ihere _._ no excuse.for bad writin_ anti people, anti still, h't them feel. tbat they are ]layanti
Iwenty-six paris of love to God Deeply
advantages.at all. can by systematic study, so spelling, l once heard a District' Superintendent mg their way. Human temperaments anti dis- _ fumbled, he verb' earnestly sougfit "a perfect
apply himself, tbat in ten years, he can have the say, that he received a'[etter fr6m one ef his positions are so varied, that hardly any two can
desile to _lorify God only.
equlvaIent of an A• B. de_ree, in _eneral in- prtmxbtcnt pastors, with fully a dozen mt_p_lled be led in tile same way. - Quite a number of >,ears ago I very intimately
formation and knowledge, words. We shoubl form the,.habit of ',yritinu our The preacher is [=re-endneotty a leader To . kne_' a l)reacllel (now deceased wbo dreamed
• Some may say, "I bavet;_L sufficient money to [etler_ l)aragr:q)hically. T6 .write anti spell cot- - know books, and preacb stroilg and imwerful tbat he lind died and ascended to-the sate. o[
,bu_' books." lids is no re,al excuse, for AbrahAm rectly will greatly iml)rove our Ent!lish "in tile sttrmons, and fail .to be efficient leaders, means heaven, expecting _t welcome entrance. Hut an
L.incoln, and others of renown, did most of their, pulpit, failure, as far as the bi_ things of the mhd_try ant.,elie beibg _dd to Idm, "You cannot enter
_udying with Iiorrowed books, it fins-been sold I recounts 9 file fact that many of us were reared are concerned. A preachei shuuld buy htmks on now Go back to tile eartb anti preacf for the
thai Lincoln walked twenty mile_ after working with an environment Lbat was not cfindueive to leadership, but |be best bn_k on lhe subiec_ is, ¢/ory o] God alone and some da.v you may be
all (lay. to borrow a set of commentaries, and go_d EnglislL Expressmns:were.beard and nsed Tl[_ BOOK OP IIUI_IAN NATURE. May the I.ord admitted?! .He had told tilt* solenm and luaus- :
read nearly, one hundred pages returning, home. that were nut correct, att(I titus made deei_ ira- help us to be more efficient loaders, stronger and picitlus tlream to.a friend, but it afterward came
He had a hun!zer for knov,'led_e, and of knowb pressions on our p astic rain h. tbat are very better preachers.
I_ my knou'_edge. " " '
d/]_e, he ',vouhl not bt_ denied if our Inlnger hard Io overcome.. It is as natural to express mIRANT, t_KLA'; A far sadder occurrence was that of anotfer
for knowledge ',','as as intcnse as Lincoln's, we eltrly impressions Its to breatlw But many of preacber.who dreamed tbat'a popular mlnisterial
would h_ive an education at any cost _]iose ear v Impressions can be corrected and PREA_HIING FOR THE GLORY OF GOD friend ill his approached Idm aml _'dd, witb great
overcome by careful watchtntL anti tile constant
• Doe very serious dlffieulty witb seine preaebers nse of right words l By Rv.v.A.W..Orwm emotion, that he bad just dreamed'that he died
ERTAINLY tbere shmdd be no nther " lit four.6'ch_c}: ill the afternoon anci tl_at he was
is. It is that a very tbey serious cannot thing be still to lon_ he_in enmmh reading toa study, book, tematically, Not only and should spell" n anti preaeber write study correctly, booksbutD's- he
_t,,,,,/kind "of i)reachhlg. Anti that Ineans that IosLI To this.the ('_ther preaeber_ in his dream,
., ' " • ' the salvation.of tile unsaved and the up- solemnl> and alarmed, repllt:d, Lostl |Vhy?
but before fin shrug t, t.urn.to auotber, only to shouhl srtrn:" rlIMS,_:LV, We sbotdd carefully ann- building of Christians should be the on])t motive The mourn[ul answer v,'as,"Not because I did not
repeat the same tiling. A hook' sbot$1d be read lyzetpursel_,'es; we _hnuhl know mtr self. In the of .every preacber o[ tile gnspeh But-alasl ibis preacb the real IZospel, but _ecause' I sought the
st).ea_efully and understobd so correctly, that an first pIace; We shmdd annie/z6 "our best traits, doe_ not always seem to Lbe the case. As to the appl,'/use of men more than tbe gloW' of God, andirttelligent
examinatloncmdd bc taken on its con- 'Many of us have but few. but regardle~_.s o[ the
t_tts. The preacher tbat makes it a baAit of ruggedncss of our character, fhere are _ome good guilly ones, may we not. ask, "Lord, is it I?" verily I have my tewardP' Tbe frst mentione.d
tti_ning from "tbe_reading nf one book to'another tbfn_s in our favor• The apostle Peler ba_ a " The apostle Paul said, "Ii I pleased men I sbould pro'ocher of tbe tw.o. dreaming that whL[e he was
. not bethe servant of Christ." An(] lie Moo'de- on his way to church for tbe evening service,
witbout finishing eitber, is likely to be tile preacb- very rugged cbaraeter, but takin_ him as a wbole, t " ' '
er that begins a project in his cimrch, but for- lie was among the most succes, ful apostles, dared, "Nbi" of men sought we glory." .was met hy a friend wbb asked _'Have you heard
The divine command is. "De all to tile glory of the sudden death of the able minister, Doctor
sake_ the proposition before finisldng it, and goes fhlt lo stuay our host traits is not sufficient of God," In notbing is it more applicable titan --?" The reply was that he had not,.but still
to still another, to repeat tile same Such ,_ We must carefully analyze our defects, or to ex- t
preacher is .a good beglnner,'but a poor arriver, to the work of the ambassador of the Lord Jesus agitated by Ids strange dream, inqu!red as to the
, l)res._.it in another way, it means a careful study Christ, Ob, how he shollld be exalted and self t[_w el tbe death. "At four o'clock this after-
I bare known preachers to remain in the course of tbose tbines in us that if not corrected and abased and cructfied l An em ne t a t very use-, noon." was the reply.
of study [or nearly fiftee 9 years, anti wonder why- overcome, will defeat us in the _reat work where- ful preacher once dec ared that at one time lie Of course all the tbree prcachecs were most
the Assembly didn't ordain Ihem.. The preacher unto God has called us. It is.one thing In bryn sdught the praise of men more lhan the glory of intensely, glad that their dreams were not dread
Ihat has good health, anti sufficient money td buy the call to preaeb, but still annt er tbing to God. And when the great'"Welsb Revival" was reoJi|iea. But that Ihey were delive_:ed from all
books, ought "t'o be ashamed to face the District succeed in tllat callin_ Just because we have the in progress, some years ago, its human leader, -'seeking of their own gin W can scarcely be ques-
A_serab[y, having failed to bring up tbe course call of God to the ministry is no sure guarantee Evan Roberts, on one occasion suddenly and tinned, And what a great mercy on the.part of
nf study, that we wiU have s{Iccess. There are certain ele- quietly left the .service, simply heesuse the cu- Gad thus. to warn his servants_ It may_ be,
On the other hand. there are those tbat bav_, meats to success tbat if proper/y compiled with riostty and expectancy concerning him were so however, tbat God, according to his soverign will,
eomp_elcd Ibe co_rse el study as oiltlined by our certainly brink success. Every" I reacht_r shottbt
very dist_slefui to his consecrated sog[. Then a does nnl always warp all who prostitute.the|r
church, but feel tbat the days • of % hard studv arc know his weak points, arid strive to make bls godly yelling woman arose and exclaimed, "Whom bhth and Italy ca)ling largely in self-exaltation,
past• We should be more studious after reaching weak poinls strong. No doubt one reason that
are you a[te_', Evan Roberts or ]esus?" And the The saered'Scrtptu/es infQrm us that some highly
ordinatlbn than.he[ore, as more is expected of. some of. us are not more suc_;essful is because meet ng proved more than" ordinarliy successful, gifted men. ah[e gospel preachm's znd even
us. The four years' "_ourse:of sttidy is the least we have not t_triven tn irlq)rove anti correct thc because only'the glory of God was sougbL Verily mlracle-workers, will bc rejected by the Lord.
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