North Carolina Christian advocate [serial] . ESTABLISHED 1855 GREENSBORO, N. C, SEPTEMBER 29, 1910 VOL. LV—No. 39 The President of the United States has thus expressed his estimateof the past and present of the ministerial profession in the UnitedStates, on which we respectfully offer a few observations: I regret to say that during the last generation the strongest youngmen do not seem to have been attracted to the ministry. The inadequacy of the compensation, the change from the command-ing influence that the ministers had in the early part of this centuryto that which they now occupy has inf
North Carolina Christian advocate [serial] . ESTABLISHED 1855 GREENSBORO, N. C, SEPTEMBER 29, 1910 VOL. LV—No. 39 The President of the United States has thus expressed his estimateof the past and present of the ministerial profession in the UnitedStates, on which we respectfully offer a few observations: I regret to say that during the last generation the strongest youngmen do not seem to have been attracted to the ministry. The inadequacy of the compensation, the change from the command-ing influence that the ministers had in the early part of this centuryto that which they now occupy has influenced men who in early dayswould have taken to the ministry, to pursue other callings. Nevertheless the influence of the Church in our community is stilldeep-seated and religion forms the inspiration of the great body of ourpeople. A minister, to command the constant attention of a greatcongregation, must now be a man of power. The mere office does notcarry with it either the sacredness or the influence that was onceattached to it. I lo
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