00-Snowden-The Attractions of The Ministry

THE ATTRACTIONS OF THE MINISTRY by James H. Snowden Professor of Systematic Theology in the Western Theological Seminary Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Philadelphia The Westminster Press

1921

Copyright, 1921 By F. M. Braselman

Contenido THE ATTRACTIONS OF THE MINISTRY2 I MOTIVES WHICH DO NOT APPLY TO THE3 MINISTRY3 NOT A MONEY-MAKING BUSINESS4 NOT A PLACE IN WHICH TO GRATIFY AMBITION5 NOT EASY WORK6 THE ATTRACTIONS OF THE MINISTRY7 II GENERAL ATTRACTIONS OF THE MINISTRY8 BASED ON TRUTH8 BASED ON RIGHT9 A USEFUL WORK9 AN UNSELFISH WORK10 A PERMANENT CALLING11 A GREAT WORK12 III. SPECIFIC ATTRACTIONS OF THE MINISTRY13 A COMFORTABLE LIVING13 A FINE SOCIAL POSITION14 INTELLECTUAL CALLING15 A TEACHING VOCATION18 A SPEAKING VOCATION20 A SOUL- WINNING VOCATION22 BUILDING A BROTHERHOOD23 THE SALVATION or SOCIETY25 ESTABLISHING THE KINGDOM OF GOD IN THE WORLD28 LEADERSHIP29 HEROISM29 A GREAT FELLOWSHIP31 COWORKING WITH GoD AND CHRIST32 GREAT AND FINE REWARDS33 IV SOME SUBSIDIARY QUESTIONS36 1. What constitutes a call to the ministry?36 PREPARATION FOB THE MINISTRY37 THE SPECIAL NEED FOR MINISTERS TO-DAY38

I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry. (A. V.)

Paul.

DOCTOR GEORGE F. PENTECOST, who attained eminence in the ministry both in England and America, and whose death occurred on August 7, 1920, at the age of nearly eighty years, when in prospect of his eightieth birthday wrote: “Should my Lord come to me now and say: My son, I have decided to put you back into your twenty-second year and give you another life’s opportunity. What line of service for me will you choose merchant, lawyer, doctor, or politician f I would say, My Lord, let me be a minister of the gospel or a pastor of thy churches; I know what it all means, and I would gladly live the life and do the work of the ministry all over again; only give me more grace that I may better live my life and do my work. “

I glorify my ministry.

Paul