HUM:What the average Pew warmer thinks of "The Preacher"

   If he is young, he lacks experience; if his hair is gray, he is too
old.

   If he has five or six children, he has too many; if he has none, he
is not setting a good example.

   If his wife sings in the choir, she is forward; if she does not, she
is not interested in her husband's work and is probably back-slidden.

   If he speaks from note, he has canned sermons and is a bore; if
extemporaneously, he is not deep enough.

   If he suggests changes for improvement of the church, he is a
dictator; if he makes no suggestions, he is a figurehead.

   If he makes use of illustration, he does not give enough Bible; if
not, his teaching is not clearly understood.

   If he fails to please somebody, he is hurting the church; if he
tries to please everybody, he is a fool.

   If he preaches the truth, he is insulting and meddling; if he does
not preach it, he is a hypocrite.

   If he preaches an hour, he is tiresome; if only twenty minutes, he
is lazy.

   He must have the wisdom of the owl

   courage of the eagle

   enterprise of the jay

   disposition of the dove

   and eat on what keeps a canary.

   He must be an economist, politician, fund-raiser, marital advisor,
father confessor, disciplinarian, taxi-driver, preacher and pastor.

   He must visit all the sick, and everybody else, teach a Sunday
school class, direct the Youth Pastor and deliver sermons that are fit
for publication.

   This article originated on the Salvation Online Network
