Annual Catalogue of the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary . iron of the conflicthas entered his soul through personal experience his words,will not throb with the passion of a prophet of God. When thepeople know that the pastor speaks, not from hearsay, butfrom personal experience, they will listen. When theyknow that in some tenement district he has gathered into hisown heart the suffering and pain he depicts, his words will bewinged lightning. It is well to learn by personal observation the problem ofthe city which confronts the home missionary. The theologywhich most enriches life is that whi
Annual Catalogue of the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary . iron of the conflicthas entered his soul through personal experience his words,will not throb with the passion of a prophet of God. When thepeople know that the pastor speaks, not from hearsay, butfrom personal experience, they will listen. When theyknow that in some tenement district he has gathered into hisown heart the suffering and pain he depicts, his words will bewinged lightning. It is well to learn by personal observation the problem ofthe city which confronts the home missionary. The theologywhich most enriches life is that which comes out of life. The church life of our own and other denominations inPittsburgh is of the best- The city and its suburbs, includingmore than forty of our own congregations, afford an excellentexample of the Church at work. In all the denominations thereligious thought is conservative and the methods of work pro-gressiva. The pulpits are well manned and the work generallywell organized. Some of the ablest preachers of our own and i ?; ??? m. H2 El <i—i C-H CO p - pqccEhEi 60 THE PITTSBURGH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY other Churches are Located here. The student has a great op-portunity to study the methods of many men who are widelyknown as successful ministers of the gospel, and to gatheruseful lessons for his own ministry. He may sec mission workcarried on along improved lines and engage in it himself. Hemay study at first hand the most effective methods of Sabbath-school work. The Carnegie Libraries and Reading Rooms, Art Gallery,and Museum are open to students, and the opportunities of theLocal Young .Mens Christian Association, including its excel-lent lecture course, arc placed gratuitously at their Allegheny County Sabbath-school Association is one of themost notable in the entire country, being alive to all modernimprovements, and from year to year it provides courses oflectures on Bible Instruction and Sabbath-school methods bythe most notable instructo
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