Article August 29, 1901 Issue

Religious Items

with contributions from Edwin P. Farnham, Bonar

A writer in The Congregationalist and Christian World has the following to say on "What is the Matter with the Congregational Minister?"—

"It is rather his misfortune than his fault. He is the victim of circumstances over which he has no control. The spirit which Paul met at Athens confronts him to-day. It is not the 'old, old story' which the people want, but something new. This is the age of unrest, and a mighty craving for novelty is upon all.

"The average Congregational minister cannot satisfy this spirit. He has been trained in a Congregational home, church, Sunday School, college, and seminary. He is one of the people, and like them in thought and aspiration and action. There is therefore a familiarity, a sameness, about him which does not satisfy the demand for novelty.

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