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Am iiitnte tor gu lllw i l jprrlil rate of jiojmce provided for In Btnlod 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, *utlriiwd Utttnbcr 30, 1028. Volume 4 D ecember, 1929 , N umber 12 THE PREACHER A MAN OF PRAYER B y T h e E d itor E. Stanley Jones slated before CongreRationultst ministers in New England that he was sur­ prised, on Ills return la the United Stutcs, to find a 11 non praying ministry.” This statement brought out a number of comments and confessions. Mfcny, both of comments and confessions, were, rather in the nature o f defenses. Just think of it—o “ nonpraying Ministry.?’ And do not f°r~ get that always a nonpraying ministry is a worldly, self*sccking ministry; It is, of course, not possible to set up a standard by which to measure therprayer life. If, we should say that so much time spent in prayer is the standard, this would open the door for , the formalist, and the Pharisee, and it would also become a stumbling stone to many tt tirtcerc 1 and overpressed soul. - ’ ■ And yet. there is nothing that we can think of (hat is more incongruous than a preacher who docs not pray. And by' praying,, we do not mean simply the utterance of wordi or the following out of a form, Wfc mean fervent, sincere, insistent waiting upon God for the privilege of com­ munion with Him and direction and anointing-from H(m. ’ , I think it is time for every preacher lq reread Boupd’s 1 ‘Preacher and Prayer,” Suppose ,we - alt Set ourselves to do this'within the ten days following [foe reading of these lines. Then surely we would be profited immensely by inserting; one good book on prayer into . the monthly reading course. We' .would all welcome information on prayer, I know, but we probably need inspiration to pray more than anything else. , And turning to the other side for a moipent, mighty preachers have always been mighty, prayers. In fact prayer has always been the chief factor in the lives of those who' have lvon souls and led ■ the Church on to victory. Wo may sit about, and wait for the .appearance of a preacher of a type to fit our day. But it were better to remember that the prayer room, rather than.the seminary,- has always been the real “ preacher factory." There arc many cxcuscs, perhaps-some, real l-easons, for present day curtailment of prayer' time. But that is a false industry which makes us "too busy to pray,” and a false criterion' which would permit a substitute for prayer. There is no worthwhile preaching without that peculiar factor which wc call unction, and there is and never was unction without prayer—much prayer, prevailing prayer, . • ' . ■ OUR WIDE THEME FIELD • Bv The E d jt o k . RECENT writer mentions a conversation between ihc editor of a large dally paper and ■ the pastor of a large city church. In that conversation it was pointed out by the editor A who is a close student of the times, that there is today little preaching on the real funda­ mentals of eternal truth, such as the reality of God and the devil, heaven and hell, and the suf­ ferings and death o f Jesus Christ in order to make a to n e m e n t So t the sins of the world. Because of the drift in presenting the gospel to the people, many churches arc filled.'with ungodly members, Esthclical teachings have taken- the place of the gospel of the Son of God, with the result that even the official boards of many churches are made up of men and womefi who know nothing THE PREACHERS MAGAZINE about Jesus Christ experimentally, but who are much at hoplc at card parties and dances and even at worse places of sin and dissipation. h " But,ns wc thought of these thinss, we were reminded that the shortcomings of others but' "bring heavier responsibilities upon the faithful. When others neglect the fundamental themes one by one, wc must add such themes to our list of “ specialties." Anti from this point of-view, the full gospel preacher of today has no room whatever to complain, for almost the. whole field of essential truth is so largely neglected that his own theme field is.wider than cvcr.beforc. Recently we heard a sermon on "The Devil.’’ The material was practically alt takcrifroift ‘ the Bible, speculation occupying but a small place, and yet for the better part of an hour . the preacher kept the interest of. the'people and many expressed themselves as being wonderfully instructed, warned and helped. And 1 am confident that an orthodox sermon on God would be just as new and just as interesting to the average audience today. ■ Thirty years ago, when I entered the ministry, wc supposed' that holiness was the neglcctcd theme, and we offered as.an apology (or our continuous emphasis upon it■ the fact thit wc had' to preach it for ourselves and for the many prcachers who failed to preach on it. But now there arc so many themes for which wc must atone that it is really a wonderfully easy thing to be an “ unusual" preacher. About all one has to do is to stick to the fundamental themes of the gospcland it will soon be nofced ab()Ut that he is "unusual." : There is less excuse* than ever for going to the newspaper and to the magazine for themes. Go to the wonderlut-storehouses of Christian history( doctrine, and biography, Preach on the most foundational themes of our holy religion. Bring out the old and essential truths as the best defense against modern heresies. There never was a more timcty hour for the preacher of the old- time gospel than right now, and even the"humblest prodaimer of the pure Word of God can thank God that he is needed and needed much. DEVOTIONAL j THE MINISTER AND HIS SERMONS mouthpieces of God, Sacred is our calling; and B y B a s il W . M u l e h ' ■ our tusk is noble, worthy of the powers of the HE chief work of the minister ' is that most brilliant, and the highest trained. Then as of being a preacher, an announcer of glad ministers much attention should, be devoted to. T tidings, a prophet of God, He may be our sermons—rtheir origin, their preparation, their ap executive, an'administrator, a man with capa­ delivery and.