Church at Home and Abroad, The (July - Dec1898) . eace and the gospel. The above fig-ures strikingly represent the office of allwho have devoted themselves to theChristian ministry. The preaching of the Word is thechief instrumentality for the extensionand upbuilding of the kingdom of Lord himself trained a body of menfor that work, and the Church, recogniz-ing the duty of supplying the means forits own extension, is following his ex-ample. Since an educated ministry isessential to the prosperity of the Church,this recruiting agency, which attemptsto furnish an adequate supply of de
Church at Home and Abroad, The (July - Dec1898) . eace and the gospel. The above fig-ures strikingly represent the office of allwho have devoted themselves to theChristian ministry. The preaching of the Word is thechief instrumentality for the extensionand upbuilding of the kingdom of Lord himself trained a body of menfor that work, and the Church, recogniz-ing the duty of supplying the means forits own extension, is following his ex-ample. Since an educated ministry isessential to the prosperity of the Church,this recruiting agency, which attemptsto furnish an adequate supply of de-voted, well-trained ministers, seems tooccupy a position of vast importanceand great responsibility. Without the aid afforded by the Board,many young men of superior gifts andsinoere piety would be lost to the minis-try, because unable to obtain the costlypreparation for ordination which theChurch requires. Nearly one-half of theministers of our Church have been underthe care of this Rev. Matthew B. Hope, who was Edward B. Hodge, D,D,. 346 THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. [October,
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