Olivet Nazarene University Digital Commons @ Olivet Preacher's Magazine Church of the Nazarene 5-1928 Preacher's Magazine Volume 03 Number 05 J. B. Chapman (Editor) Olivet Nazarene University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/cotn_pm Part of the Biblical Studies Commons, Christian Denominations and Sects Commons, International and Intercultural Communication Commons, Liturgy and Worship Commons, Missions and World Christianity Commons, and the Practical Theology Commons Recommended Citation Chapman, J. B. (Editor), "Preacher's Magazine Volume 03 Number 05" (1928). Preacher's Magazine. 47. https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/cotn_pm/47 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Church of the Nazarene at Digital Commons @ Olivet. It has been accepted for inclusion in Preacher's Magazine by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Olivet. For more information, please contact [email protected]. S>9W9W9W9W9il Cbe preacher 6 JVIagaatne ] inNHIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIimUlllllllllllllltllllHIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMMIIIIIIIillUIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIDIllUIKIUlmlUIIUIIIIIimUUIIIIIIIIBIIIIUIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIlltlllimMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIMUIIIUIIV VOL. Ill NO. 5 MAY, 1928 WHOLE NO. 29 1I § a a g IRA D. SANKEY NAZARENE PUBLISHING HOUSE, KANSAS CITY, MO Young’s Analytical Concordance These Six Fundamental Features Show Why a Preacher Cannot Afford to Be Without It 1. B e ca u sc every word is arranged in alphabetical order. uities gathered by the Palestine Exploration Society, is 2. B e ca u se every word is classified under its own Hebrew or g iv en . Greek original. 5. B eca u se the prominent feature of the work is the analytical 3. B eca u se every Hebrew and Greek word is printed in the character of each reference. The Bible student can, at a original characters, and the correct pronunciation given in glance, find out four distinct points: (a) What the original English letters, so that no one need hesitate in speaking or Hebrew or Greek of any word is; (b ) its literal meaning; reading to give the original word, being able to pronounce (c) a correct and trustworthy exegesis, and (d) w h at are it w ith c o n fid e n ce . really parallel passages. 4. B e ca u se cach proper and geographical name is arranged in 6. B eca u se a valuable summary of chief results from recent its place in the Concordance, and the connecting history, topographical and archeological research to the illustration with the latest information in Biblical and historical antiq- of Scripture is given. \ One of the predominating features of Young’s different meanings, the references in Young’s Con­ Great Concordance to the Bible is its analytical char­ cordance are, in every instance, grouped according acter— an arrangement of each English word under to the original words from which they were trans­ 70,000 311.000 its own proper original in Hebrew or Greek, with the lated. No other Bible Concordance in the world com­ literal meaning of the same and its pronunciation. bines these advantages. References By this means the reader is enabled to distinguish The priceless value of this unique feature cannot Greek and things that differ, which are frequently confounded be too highly estimated. At a glance, without further in the English Bible. Our English Bible often renders page-turning, it enables every student, in an im­ 30.000 a Greek word by ten or twenty English ones; and, on portant sense, to be his own commentator, and, in a Hebrew the other hand, it sometimes employs one English large measure, to decide for himself what is the mean­ Readings word to translate ten or twenty Greek ones. There­ ing that will, in the case of various translations or Words fore, the same English words being frequently trans­ readings best satisfy his own understanding and the lated from various Hebrew or Greek words which demands of his conscience, and this without any h a v e (!) different sh a d es of meanings, or ( 2 ) totally knowledge of the Hebrew or Greek languages. Price, $7.50, Delivery charges extra. NAZARENE PUBLISHING HOUSE, 2923 Troost Ave., Kansas City, Mo. The Preacher’s Magazine A monthly journal devoted to the interests of those who preach the full gospel J. B. Chapman, Editor Published monthly by the N&zarene Publishing House. 2923 Troost Ave., Kansas City, Mo., maintained by and in the interest of the Church of the Nazarene. Subscription price -51.00 per year. Entered as second class matter at the Postoffice at Kansas City, Mo. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized December 30, 1925. V o l u m e 3 M a y , 1928 N u m b e r 5 “ REDEEMING THE TIME” T"N reality, of course, one man has just as much time as another. But it is possible to “kill I time,” and also to “redeem” time. Wesley vowed, in his own practice, to be neither un- JL employed nor trifiingly employed. By this latter he did not mean to ignore the necessity of mental relaxation and physical exercise, but he did mean that he would not permit either of these to become an end within itself. And if the preacher must go to one extreme or the other, it would undoubtedly be better that he should relax too seldom than too often and exercise too little than too much. But every earnest preacher finds himself pressed for time—time to pray, time to study, time for pastoral visitation, time for direct pulpit preparation, time for his family duties and associations, time for many things which he would like to do in the course of the day, week, month, year or period of life. There is this that is encouraging in the contemplation of death: “It makes no difference in that hour of passing whether one is on a throne or in the dust.” If it were not for that, surely no earnest human being could die happy. But there are a few things regarding the use of time which we think are worthy of mention. In the first place, avoid hurry and impatience. Start at the task as early as possible and work patiently and, in the proper sense of the word, slowly. In the second place, work with proper regard for “order.” Do first things first and satisfy yourself that what you are doing now is “next.” This has made it necessary for me to push back a whole list of editorial suggestions in the morning and answer my personal correspondence. I wanted to write an editorial, but in the layers of mental and moral order, this was not “next,” and I fouldn’t do it. Everyone of you has doubtless had like experiences. Then it is an advantage to follow out a sort of “order of business” in the routine affairs of the day and week. In sleeping, eating, and in all the small affairs of life, which after all consume a great deal of time, cultivate the “habit” of doing certain things at a certain time of day and just before and just after you do certain other things. It is found that by such practice you save much time and energy. As instinct assumes the place of intelligence you can make higher use of intelligence. Students in school have discovered that after they have used a certain hour in the preparation of a certain lesson for a while they get where they can get that lesson then more easily and quickly than at any other hour of the day. And I have observed to my own satisfaction that I even preach better at just the right hour than when I begin a half hour too soon or am held off for a half hour or more beyond my customary hour. And finally, it is remarkable how adjustable the human body and mind are. If a preachcr will take care of his health for the first five years, gradually increasing his hours for study and his efforts on other lines as his parish grows, he is not likely to break down at all. Take care not to over-do as a “novice,” and after a while you will get to where you thrive on long hours and hard work and will become practically immune to their ill effects. (1) 130 THE PREACHER’S MAGAZINE AN APPEAL FROM THE EDITOR Knowing how scarce really helpful material for the preacher is, and believing that there are abundant sources from which to gather material of the sort that is needed, I talked The Preacher’s Magazine for several years before it was finally started, I believed that it would be possible to make such a magazine a great blessing to the preachers and that by this means it would be a great blessing to the church and to the world. And now I think, after two years of experience, that I was correct in these conclusions. We have received so many commendations from earnest preachers of various denominations that we have felt glad over and over again that the Magazine was undertaken. But we were surprised when the Publishers’ report showed that the Magazine cost between seven and eight hundred dollars more than it brought in during the year 1927. The Publishers had not expected to make any money, but we had not expected them to lose. Many have written us that they would be glad to pay two dollars for the Magazine, rather than do without it. But we think it can have a wider field of usefulness with the subscription price of one dollar than it could if it were more expensive.