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PLUCK, energy, determination - the imagination to
conceive a splendid enterprise the ability to carry
it through
It was the possession of these qualities by a young
preacher, Bclvin Maynard, who answered his" country's .
call to war, that turned the eyes of a whole nation to?him .
in admiring wonder as he steered a new course on his
ocean-to-ocean flight. 4
Maynard was only one of thousands of young men
who go into the ministry with the desire to express
positive, achieving qualities to do big things, lead m'en,
play a constructive part in the life-ol the nation.
How far are we .giving them the chance to realize
this ambition?
How many of them have to bury their finest aspira
tions when they enter on the bitter economic grind of a
minister's life?
The electricians, plasterers and carpenters who work
. on the building of our churches are paid from $40 to $50
a week. The average man who preaches from the pulpi;
is lucky if he receives half that sum.
$1,000,000,000 invested in church property by the
Protestant church members of America! And yet, the
majority of ministers receive less than the minimum sum
which sociologists say will support a family decently.
Surely, as Billy Sunday says, "Something is radically
wrong when a prizefighter in 15 minutes can earn
more than a country parson in 15 years. "
Ministers as a rule do not save. They cannot. Between
the ages of 45 and 65, statistics show, many of them
supplement their regular work in the ministry by
peddling books, writing insurance, or selling real estate
in order to earn enough to live on. When old age over
takes them they are too often found in the plight of one
minister of 83 who is weaving rugs in order to keep from
starving; or another who has been in the ministry for
.55 years, and is struggling to support his sick wife with
the help of the relief board.
. No class of men has contributed more to this
natidn's greatness than her ministers.
By their force of character and their disinterested
service, they have set up a spiritual standard for men of
all classes; they have given high ideals to our young men
and women; they have helped to check lawlessness and
give a balance to power.
In difficult periods of the nation's growth they have
thrown their influence on the side of honor and right
eousness. The country must not sacrifice its ministers. Just as
war draws into its ranks the most generous of a nation's
youth, so the ministry, by its very hardships and difficul
ties, has always attracted men of brilliant attainments
and unusual capacity for devotion.
As a nation we cannot afford to waste these men.
The handicap must be taken off the ministers. They must'
be allowed to use their gifts and their devotion to the
fullest, as leaders of progress .in the great days that are
to come. '
The Christian Herald is leading in the movement to
do justice to the minister, 'to pay him a living wage and
to give him his "chance to fly."
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Graham Patterson, Publisher,
Bible House, New York City
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