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November 10, 1909. Contrit THE EXIGENCY AND By Rev. R. C. Two things need to be s say both of them with all tlv sible. One is that our Chu the want of more ministers; can do, and should do, more ply the deficiency. i. There is nothing new i has been said over and ove and reiteration that has air Hut for all that it needs to be mind of the Church. We 01 one instant of the fact that tl is a pressing one, and a nil In the aggregate, thousands of the ordinances necessary t spiritual life, and essential tc largement of the Kingdom ( and ultimate dissolution ar< cally and inevitably follow ft The conviction is forcing Christ ordained our system c working it according to the not be admitted that Christ an organization which whei to His will exhibits a defect a defect is most fatal to its admitted that He who rede dained that His redemption through preaching, left His supplying an adequate nuni not he admitted that Christ \ ers the duty of giving to His quest, left them helpless to p ship for the onward march, apprehend the plan of Chris ing to work it properly. Ii organize an army for conqu provision whereby the army cered, the wisdom of the g< credited. Of course. Christ is not r icnt, crippled condition in w self. This crippled conditior have never had a sufficient adequately man our organiza from some other periods on dition is more pronounced, radical one, but apparently be in reality and necessarily ; grave reason to fear that in i missed the mind of ti e Masti 2. We are not doing all tl to do to remedy the defect principal cause of our failur to the Quaker theory of a call sively wait for the spirit to j victims of a false mysticism; pose directly $nd signify Hi: THE PRESBYTERIA >uted | HOW TO MEET IT. Reed, D. D. aid and I should like to e plainness and vigor posrcli is suffering sadly for and the other is that we than we arc doing to supin the first statement. It r again with an iteration eady grown monotonous, kept constantly before the ugm noi to lose signt tor ic need for more ministers atter of vital importance, of our people are deprived o the nourishment of their > the maintenance and cnaf Christ. Decline, decay ; the results which logiom vacancy. itself on my mind that if >f government, we are not Author's intent. It can provided for His Church 11 administered according : at the very point where efficiency. It can not be emed the world, and orshould be made effective Church with no means of ber of preachers. It can vho laid upon His follow5 cause a world-wide <;on>rovide an efficient leaderEither we have failed to t, or we are signally fa.ilf any government should est, and should make no could be sufficiently offiavernment would be disesponsible for the ineffic men our unurcn hncls lti is chronic with us. We number of preachers to tion. The present differs ly in that our lame conOur defect is not only a a permanent one. If it i permanent one, we have our organization we have er. lat we can do and "ought Why? I believe the e is that we lean too far I to the ministry?we pasjive the call. We are the ; we expect God to inters will to those whom He 4- * N OF THE SOUTH. wishes to preach the Gospel. Ni ity must mediate the call. Th dence of its divine source. V\ preacher shall have the same kii tication for his call to preach th: apostleship; he must receive it 4 tlirniio-li mori Kt?<- *- U ??1- T mail, u Ht UllUU^ll JC311 Father who raised him from th< Have we scriptural ground fo to the ministry? No doubt the is from God. But not more so to discipleship. We hold that through effectual calling. Win It is the work of God's Spirit, an effectual call to a sinner and with Christ than we can give a call and bring him into the minis is as much of God as the other, sinner we recognize it. as our duty, yea, our supreme duty to 1 is our first business as preachers that thirsteth, come ye to the w? be any less our duty to serve as f A i ^ T VM.? vvy I..V uiiiilOll Jf . J. UV11V VC duty pressing, urgent, imperativ the exigencies of the case. Whe of God suffering, sorely suffering ministers, we should sound tin earnestness. We should pray th but we should do as we do in the appropriate means to answei I am not forgetful of the fact sembly has enjoined it on pastoi out suitable young men and lay 1 of the ministry. I doubt not this extent being obeyed. But I do yet taken hold of the heart and Church as it should. I believe t of our pastors and sessions are like their full duty in this respec There is no reason why this d nr\ tA nnctArc nriA cpccinnc Ta sinner the injunction of the B heareth say come.'" It is permit to offer his services to voice the ance. Why should not every with the need of more preacher voice God's call to the ministry Church would resolve itself int for the army of Christ, it would n warrant in doing so. But if fc for the officers of the army? I Church should bestir itself to se< and a more efficient preaching A^ U.'o A ol,?11 C., viimvn UVJ iiuo auu wv, oiiau IIII launch an organization defcctiv point. A gentleman in Yorkshire one out for a walk; but the boy, nf hpr ornf 1 ncf inrl m ooti n nr o ww<w.9 iiivviiug <1 asked: "Please, master, have yo a little boy? 'Cause, if you have, Dundee Weekly News. 5 o human instrumental is would mar the evile demand that the id of heavenly authenlt Paul claimed for his 'neither from men, nor is Christ and God the : dead." r such a view of a call call, if a genuine one, than the sinner's call every sinner is saved it is effectual calling? We can no more give bring him into union Christian an effectual .try. The one of these Now in the case of the duty, our imperative ncdiatc the call. This i to cry "Ho every one iters." Why should it i the medium of God's it is our duty, and a e just in proportion to n we see the Kingdom r for the want of more e call with persistent e Lord of the Harvest, all other matters, use r our prayers. that our General Ass and sessions to look before them the claims ? injunction is to some not believe that it has I conscience of the hat comparatively few discharging anything :t. uty should be restrictuching the call to the ible is "let him that ted to every Christian divine call to repentChristian, impressed s offer his services to ? Surely if the whole o a recruiting agency iot be without a divine >r the army, why not believe the whole :ure a more numerous force. Only let the id that Christ did not e at the most vital day took his little bov from some cause or l policeman, tearfully u seen a man without I'm that little boy."?