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4 THINGS SEE Tlu really valuable thi may they be obtained? great show of itself, with battalions, its bank accon ness. It sets itself up, cla -of men. It offers its gai satisfy the needs and asp poses to make itself a h< brief life here giVen to 1 Hut the religion of CI great question, "What si the whole world and los< precious things are the s as the reason why he ws of Peter, to go to Jerusa be killed." The Apostle Paul learn of unsurpassed hardship, disowned, rejected, as w same message to the w< man is decaying, yet out by day." "We look not but at the things whicl things are the real thing cious things. For them t is not worth while. I : In the world of natui things that do the most the surface. The ocean i: water. But it is the ser\ silent, steady pull of gra round the earth and the st in tides upon every shore History teaches the sar the big battalions tbat are tues of the people back of and ultimate power. Win ly seated on his throne, Luther, who defied him. I English invaders had lore voice and courage of a p drove them back across t It is of the very esseno spiritual, unseen forces, i gets or despises, the real! Ideas, truths, sown like s< kept the world of mankii self-destruction. The sih ? f *" ' * ITiess, sen-sacrince, laitli, mighty tilings of life. O He came claiming to he th siah of the scriptures, the avas despised and rejectee lowed him, forsook him b ened heaven, amid the re^ auauiciui cross oore mm t Tias been that of the lowlj a book behind to perpetu world is being steadily, iri lias been lifted itp, and b We have to choose sid i V THE PRESBYTERIAN N AND UNSEEN. ngs; what arc they and how The world about us makes a i its blaring trumpets, its big mts, its gaudy self consciousitning the homage and service ns, its rewards, its glories to ~r 1 iienivni.i ui iiuiuaiiiiy. n pro;avcn for man, and all in the lim. irist denies all this with the tall it profit a man if he gain e his own soul?" The really piritual. Our Lord gave that is willing, against the protest lem, "suffer many things ant! ed the great lesson. In a life struggle and suffering, sick. as the Master, he utters the orld. "Through our outward inward man is renewed day at the things which are seen, 1 are unseen." The unseen s, the lasting things, the prehe world and all that it offer-; e, the most real things, the work, are unseen and not on 5 a yast tin measurable bulk of 'ant of something unseen, the ivitation as the moon swings rises and swells and sweeps ne lesson. After all, it is not the mightiest things; the virthe battalions have the greater ;n the Pope seemed most firmit was a lone monk, Martin When for generations the led it over France, it was the easant girl, Joan of Arc, that he channel. e of our Christianity to see in which the world icnnrpe fr>r_ ly great powers of the world, eed by the Word of God ha vend from utter corruption and jnt graces of humility, meekprayer, hope, these are the utwardly Jesus failed utterly, ic Lord from heaven, the MesSavior of the world, and "He 1 of men." The few who foiefore he died. Under a darkfilings and curses of men, the o death. Yet what a triumph r Nazarene, who left not even ate his teaching. The whole 'PQlQtiKlv rlroxirn unto Ulm .w.wv.^/ ,J Vt> U TT II U?HU lllllt WIIU y him it is remade. es in life, the seen or the un OF THE SOUTH. seen; God the great unseen, or mammon, the brazen world pers "have their reward," but for it beyond. Not that in t Jesus do not rejoice,?they ai but they know that the joy of what is yet to come. The Ch but is also a citizen of heave has been dissipated, as it certa heavenly citizenship will rem; A DRAFT UPON Not insignificant in recent made upon the regular minis! modern methods of ecclesiasti tion have demanded. Execu ships, "movement" organizers, intendencies, professorships, Bible agencies, financial agenc ships and many such position recent years. The number o these places has been a disi Whether there is any remedy ficulty in saying. Perhaps, as many of these places might be secrated business talent wot effective in the executive age nation. Most of the places c? ity more than oratorical powe emphasized there would perl such places than is sometime A fruitful cause for the poj may be the fact that pastors adequately supported as the them to seek or to accept emp better for themselves and thei aspect of the case is concerne* people. If they desire to retai must support it properly. It i upon the lessening number < cruits for the pulpit if they v those whom they already hav It will be well if those who some of these special places, j f 1IA i.r/N^l' ...111 tuv 1 v^utai w^l IV, Will UUlll-C tainties are but little removed and better support but little changes, and usually from ina of support, are relatively mo this outside ministry than in t careful observation will reveal ments, organizations, agencie ephemeral. Many of the pre provded for. The trials and \ sened. The case and perman pictured to the mind and thai not realized in one of a hund When one's ministry in the at an end, through age, the "d or ill health, and an opening < itself, the proposition is of an and many* a man whose work have a splendid field of oppc June 16, 1909. making no "vain show,' -god. Mammon worshipthe God worshippers look his life those who follow re the happiest of men,? fn/lo xr tc Knf o fnrnf ncf o J "* ristian lives in the world, n. And when this world inly will be by and by, his ain intact. J. P. S. THE PULPIT. years has been the draft try to fill positions which cal activity and organizative committee secretarygeneral and district superpresidencies, editorships, ies, Y. M. C. A. secretary s have been multiplied in if men called upon to fill tinct loss to the pulpit. for it, one would have clifhas been often suggested, : filled with laymen. Condd oftentimes be just as ncies as consecrated ordidl for administrative abilr. If this fact were more laps be less pressure for s witnessed. Hilarity of these positions are not as regularly and y should be, compelling iloyment that will provide ir families. So far as this J, the matter lies with the n an active ministry, they is not for them to declaim if either ministers or reidll not take good care of e. nave ambition to serve in i ust a little removed from that, after all, the uncer, and greater permanency better guaranteed. The bility to gather the means re frequent, we think, in he regular work. A little this. Many ot the move's and secretaryships are ifessorships are meagrely irduous work are not leslency that are beautifully t allure the tired soul are red cases. * regular worK seems to be ead line," unacceptability, this outside kind offers entirely different nature, has ended elsewhere may irtunity here. But these