North Carolina Christian advocate [serial] . ensive truckpatches to cultivate. Whenever apreacher does resort to this methodof supplementing his meagre stipend,so as to provide for his own, andthus escape the obloquy of beingworse than an infidel, these peoplewill boast of the fact, and say: Ourpreacher is not lazy, he works. Butthese same people are unmindful ofthe fact, that the work of preparingsermons, and pastoral visiting, faith-fully done takes all the time anypreacher has, who is in charge of anywork in our Conference. Not manyof these people have a copy of ourdiscipline. Perhaps fewer
North Carolina Christian advocate [serial] . ensive truckpatches to cultivate. Whenever apreacher does resort to this methodof supplementing his meagre stipend,so as to provide for his own, andthus escape the obloquy of beingworse than an infidel, these peoplewill boast of the fact, and say: Ourpreacher is not lazy, he works. Butthese same people are unmindful ofthe fact, that the work of preparingsermons, and pastoral visiting, faith-fully done takes all the time anypreacher has, who is in charge of anywork in our Conference. Not manyof these people have a copy of ourdiscipline. Perhaps fewer still haveever read the chapter on Duties ofPreachers in Charge, or the vowstaken by the ministry. If they wouldread these they would find that theitinerant is under binding obligations-to draw all his cares and studiesthis way, to lay aside the studies ofthe world and the flesh, and to de-vote himself wholly to the one workof ministry. A young man about 25 or 30 yearsof age, and a son of a Methodist lay-m«Ti who ownQd property worth from. Rain! Rain!! Rain!!! All in vain! If you lack snap and want finger,use the old established countersign ^ Zu Zu ^ ?/ to the grocerman ^/ No one ever heard of a Zu Zu that wasnt good / / No! Nevern NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY $35,000 to $50,000, once remarked tothe writer: I dont see how youpreachers can consistently preachagainst working on Sunday, as you arepaid a salary for preaching on Sun-day. Now this remark showed theyoung man to be sadly ignorant aboutthe work required of the ministry. Heevidently had the hard shell ideathat about all that is necessary forthe preacher to do, is to get up in thepulpit, open his mouth, and the Lordfills it. Sam Jones usej. to say thatthe Lord would fill it, but it would bewith wind; and wind is about allthere is to preaching of this mere delivery of sermons, is notthe one hundredth part of the workrequired. It would, perhaps, be safeto say it is not the five-hundredth the first place, it t
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