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I II , i II i 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. ..... i I I III
I 14 THE PREACIIER'S _,IAGAZINE - 3"HE PREACHER'S MAGAZINE t5 j & ...................................................................................................................................................................................... ___, . It is bahl thai three-flmrths of the accidents are I say, sttrely the darkness shall cover me; even . . well-kept. Too ;treat a feefin_ of secur/iy nesz and the light are bolb alike'to t ee'."¢" .. -, ' r_tu_s the drivers to yield to a temptatinn to . _ # I spt,cd and take risks The care _yi/h which they There iire manyt self-serving stor_'_' oue_-_|tt'dg_/ - drive around curv_ nod.over the more damter- of todsy. 1_/,/_;?re ant waited on hy clerks, //"........................................................................................................................................................... ;.............................. II , ous eections of tile r,mds is not obser_,'ed. This but they _:o in','antl serve themsdves, God's fact has a spirRual appl/calicm." "Wherefore let store-house is full of rich blessink,_ but it is WINDOWS TO LET IN LIGHT The M:dn Slreel of the Bible is hol[nc_. All him that thinke/h fie staadeth take heed lest operated under Ihe sell-serving plan. If you _'_r_' ""Co_pih'd 7_y Sr_:vm.n'_S. WmrF. ether streets ,f the holy Scriptures lead into iL lie fall." wnuhl lmsst'_s these blessings you must have tile .... If you desire to live on tile central 'h/gl/way of -- faith and energy, to go m and help yourself, that • a a story nf an old Negro preacher who tire sanctifi_ltion. "Awl a Ilk.,hway shall he way chickens oct when a plate of meat is placed _hall be _iven you; s6ek, and ye slmil find t knock, A CLEVER A here.an wrih'r ,race wrote divine lruth_ s_,ek anti ._cure the hitching of en% A cerhdn writer has called our attention to the is, you must.take .tile initiative. "Ask. and it , wt_re a Prince Albert coat on widch the there, :!nd a way 9 and il shall he called tile way before them. Thcy stand around and look at th_ and it shall be opened unto you." '_'t,n Commandments were embroidered in mauY . of holiness." filled ldate for a time and then'one ttrabs a Inece colors. ('l'he_e words are taketl from Dr. Lynn -- and runs ImmedJMe_y all nf tile 6tlier chickens" The traffii: si_llals which are operated 6v the Harold Iloueh's recent Imok: "Evangelical Ohio ph'tce.s a white cross..alm_ the main state benin In chase the chicken which has the piece nmin husine._s streets of mos't of /he large cities IlumanisllL'] ./`he o legrn_s t_xtErint tni_hl road_ where _onle iwr_on has heen killed in a of meat. They foruet all ahout thlr meat which of tn(hw may cot!roy to us a sl)lrilual lesson. have made a very significant impreszlov Ul_m motor mishal_. It is said that a person will'enstill remaill._ in tilt, [date. This is a very fitting The word "stop '_ appears in a setting of red. his brethren. The _xternals or apparel _l re- counter many td tht_.;e on a fitty-mlle drive in iliu._tralinn n[ ct_vetousnt_s_. Covetuusncs,s is This" signifies 4hat tht_re i_ danger fat us if we ligion as _t_ll as that ol "many men do often " that state. The same pl,_ is to be fnllo_;ed by really no/hfi_:z more lllhn selfislmt_s. Too ellen move i,_ that direction• We may nol always catch th_ eye of the public. But it is very dif- /he Ki_,'anis Cluh of Oklahoma City, Oklaht_ma, _e occupy ourselves with an attempt tn rob our realize it, but tile stop sign or check of tile }Ioly ferent witli God _'For the'Lord seetll not as inl milrkJnu tll,_ [)lace of the death of,any [mr- neighhor of his posse_._ons or experience instead Spirit h_ls a red sellin_. There is danger in go- _aan sooth: forman looke(h on the outtv_ard ap- son _f that city. All ol this is done as a Ixtrt 0l•guhlg direct to the storehouse of nature and inn oil after W'E have felt the check el tile lloly peara0ce, hul the l.ord'lookvth on the beart." of a "_fety first" campaign It i_ a solemn If we would obtain His attention and favor, we warni:_e t6 al motorLsls '_s,)o woult be _ar_ ess of God for our supply. "Thou shalt not. covet Spirit. Th_ term "g_" has a.set_ing of gecen. tv _wi'2hbor_ house. /hen shall hot covet thy To move when it appears mear_ safety• So it is must portal/ flim In Irnnsh)rm our hearts or.in- Oh! lhat we had snnle sucll concrete method hy neighhOr's wife2 nor his manservant,, nor his when tile ltoly'Spirit whispers "go," "It may net live_, which we couki mark the thne _nd place of moral and spiritual traRedies. If we emdd only maid_ervant, nor his ux, nor his ass, nor any not alw,ays seem be._t In us, hut let us always thi!lg tlmt is thy t_i_itdlhor'sY remember that: no harm fall come when we are Dr. R. W_ D;de, tile great E_g sl 1"1eo ogm• " indicate|_y some defndte means tllose who have on n missinn for him. "There is a way which recklessly or car6k.'_ly l_rmlttlM opportunity at_d Preacher of a not far distant pa._t, is .gold . _ . ,. ' . to have, decla'red./hat his life really began wben after 9Pl?ortunlty to shp byte. their own undo- OcGu_itmaily a snake is /_um] along the road seenlelh right unto a man, but tile end thereof he cea._ed tliinking of' him.self and begah think- ing., Perhaps. such a plan woubl cause more of • choked to death wi/h a hall .swallowed rahbit, are the -ways of death." "All things ffork toing of Christ This brings to mind tile words of tile young and tender-hearted to decide for God lie has kilted hhn._elf by being a glutton." If getter for gnmi to them that-love God, fo them we became a eluttonas to Mammon or material wire are tile tailed according to his purpose?' P:tul when lie said, "For I determined not to hell, re it is-too late. "The harvest is past, the . t zonds we _hall _urely choke ourselves to dea/h kfmw ally thing, among you, ,_ive J't_sus Christ, _urnmer is ended!, nnd f am not _aved." .- : • . " spiriluafb'. "'t'e cannot'serve .God .aid roam- I heard P. P. Claxton, iormer U. S. Commisand him crucified." The'oldest known will in /he worhl, /hat of" t' men." Material zoo&s are legitimate in /heir sloner tJ Education make a very. natural and Uah, exert!ted tn _5,t8 B. C_, is commenled on olaee, but .if we center our atletition ul_n them. yet to/her unique use of the .zreat image of Dr. Frank Crane writes thus of- one part of a as'follow by the edit6v ol tile Daily Oklahoman: serve then!, bow down to thenL make them our Nehudtadnezzar's dream. Of course he lifted story which was written hy a famous Hun- • '.'All through tile document there runs the _tory e god they will destroy us spiritually, if completely ou_- of its prophetical telling. The garian: "A scientist on a lonely iskmd created of a good and bcztowing brother. He huilt-thE "imagE's head was of fine gold, his hreast and his the 'robots' or mechanical men and women. They house, hE gave most of /he pebsonal property. Marconi. claim_ that w'ithin two years the arm., of silver, l_is belly and his thighs, of bra._, were wilhout soul_, mere rmtchines to do the, " He is not ha.reed an_ where as a beneficiary, but problem of televisim_ will he completely, solved. Ii_ lens of iron, his-feet part of iron and part labor of the world. In the end they became " ahvays. ,as a cohtrihutor/'. Uah's benefactor was Already. we have tile _i_zantte telcscope which tff clay, A stone which was cut out, of the human .and the poi0t where they demonstrated no blood kin' to him, He ',vas all outsider• Let brin_s the infinite distances wi/hin the circle of nl,ulntau_ without hands smote the image on that /hey were human _'_ where one robot wa._ us tunl our minds to Christ. tie is our. Elder our vision. Also, Ihe microscope has £omE to its feet which were of. iron and clay. Thus the willing to die for another. There Ihey ceased to Brother and yet He is no blood kin to us. How. revtal to us the'lnfinitt_lmal, The" X-ray lays imaee wa_ destrnyed and /he stone that _'mote be nviehincs' and slmwx'd .human symp:_thy and ever, lie is our Everht_ting BenefactoK lie h_ bare the sccrets of tile [iurann:.hody, But role- I_e" inmt_e became a great mountain and filled kindnes_." "]Ie_eby perceive we the love of Mways been a contributor to u._.and no( our vi._ion will make it i_o_ihle for us to penetrate the whole ear/h. The image was smitten on ira _,; Gdd, because he la/iI do_vn his life for us:'and heneficiary. He gave'ltimself for us aml with with our vtsloc the t/fountains ,the fore_ts, and feet which were of iron and day. Its [oundawe.ought lo lay dowtr our liven for the brethren." Him has come every genii altd perfect gift• !'For all such opaqu'e subst:_dces. Thisis all very tion was f[mlty and that resulted in its destruc- Sacrifice lies'at the very "henri. of Christianity, God _o loved /he world, that he _;ave his only wonderftll, but God ha_ always po._e_ed role- - tiotf. Above everything one's foundation must Without it 'we cannot rise to tbe high level of hegbtten Son_ that whosoever befi_veth tn him vision. God's all-_eeing eye e_ily penetrates the by stro0g. '/'his remirals /Is el the man of whom true humanity, sJlould not pi_rlsh, but have everlasting life?' night or the depths of the human heart. "If Christ toM us in the Sermon on the Mount.
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