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 THE LAYMAN'S POINT 
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 Prf)f(»ssi<)nal inon generally are in- 
 clined tt» niagnHy their office, to exalt 
 its dignity, dwell upon its iniixntance, 
 and carefully guard against any en- 
 croachment upon its privileg(>s. This 
 inclination, natural in itself, and, with- 
 in certain limits, laudable in its object, 
 has a tendency nevertheless to make 
 the pi'ofessov believe, or act as 
 though he believed, that the Pi-ofession 
 was made for him, and not he for the 
 profession. He is apt to regard the 
 subject as of more imp<n'tance than the 
 object, and the interests of the pro- 
 fession as of more consequence than 
 the interests of those for whose benefit 
 it was instituted. From this tendency 
 members of the clerical pi'ofession are 
 by no means exempt. Indeed they are 
 
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 luoro liable to it than those of the secu- 
 lar professions. In the first place their 
 calling heing of the noblest, inasmuch 
 as it deals with man in his relation to 
 what is spiritual rather thaTi to that 
 which IS material — to that which is 
 eternal rather than that which is 
 tempoiiil— to lead men up to Heavenly 
 thinj<s rather than to aid them in ob- 
 taitiing sxiccess in earthly things 
 to exercise authority rather than 
 to render service, all such consid- 
 erations, unless governed by a deep 
 conviction that he is himself but 
 a servant of his Heavenly Master, and 
 but a steward of the things in which 
 he ministers, tend to make the man 
 think more highly of hiuisi'lf than he 
 f)Ught to think, and to take a pride in 
 his profession in its lelation to man 
 rather than to God. In the second 
 place, he has not the advantage which 
 men of other professions have in their 
 daily intei course with their fellows,and 
 witli the world at lai'ge, by means of 
 which, as individuals, they are con- 
 stantly schooled and disciplined, their 
 errors corrected, their mistakes point- 
 ed out, eccentricities kept down, their 
 mental powers developed, and that 
 general knowledge of men and things 
 acquired which can be gained only by 
 acquaintance with the world. The 
 cleric, on the other hand, is compara- 
 tively isolated. He is re^'^arded as 
 standing apart, and on a different 
 plane from his fellow men. All his say- 
 mgs and doings are subject to severe 
 and often acrimonious criticisms, but 
 the ciMticisim does not reach his ears, 
 or if it does it comes through some 
 distorted,probably ill-natiu*ed,channel. 
 
aiul tlu'it'fort' does harm rutluT th.ni 
 good. Tht'W is no one who vnitures 
 to point «mt (h'fects which aiv obvious 
 to evcryoni' hut hiiuself, and which lie 
 wouUl K'»wlly leniedy if only he was 
 aware of th;>in. He errs through ig- 
 norance and finds out his mistakes 
 <mly by their 'evil conseijuences. If 
 there is any truth in these olkservations 
 they apply with most force to the 
 clergy ui rural iVu i.t^.., and especially 
 to missionarie;s in remote places. The 
 clergy in cities and tcnvns are less iso- 
 hited, have more intercourse with 
 others and with the world, and are 
 Hid)ject to more of that friction which 
 is an essential part of the education of 
 a man whose work is the guidance and 
 directi(m of others. Nor are the laity 
 without blame in this matter. Their 
 natural respect for their clergy is apt 
 to make them forget that after all min- 
 isters are but men,— -subject to all the 
 weaknesses, infirmities and passions of 
 men, — liable to the -ime temptations, 
 — apt to fall into the sanie errors. Not 
 realizing this they make demands up- 
 on the character of their minister which 
 it is not in human nature to meet, and 
 when these demands are not satisfied 
 they are offended. The parishioner has 
 no right to expect that his pastor will 
 be a saint, however he may strive to 
 attain that degree, or that he will be 
 free from human weaknesses ; but he 
 has a right to expect that he will, rely- 
 ing upon help from above, try to make 
 his daily life consistent with his teach- 
 ing, and an example for his people to 
 follow ; that he will take an intelligent 
 interest in their pursv , and occupa- 
 tions ; that to him in t.iues of trial and 
 
afrti''ti'>ii thi'V iii.iy cojilicU-ntly j<«.> •''>'* 
 svinp.ithv. if ii«»t lor wise ,uul kindly 
 lonuM'l. * Tlu'V h.ivr a riKht tiifth««i' u) 
 cxpi'tt that in th(> «li-<;h.irRO of his 
 iluti<'> he will hi' K<n<l<M| liy tht>sf nihs 
 ,,f I .>ninion sense wiiich govern men in 
 all .itlu'r affj«irs, htit which [)arrtons 
 often ^eeul to fliink ih) n«<i apply to 
 them. " S}inttitie<l connnon Nense' is 
 Kuiil to have Uen one of the great at- 
 trilmte^ «>f the laie Ar<'hhiKliop of 
 Canterlnu y, ami no more n.sel'ul attri- 
 hute (onM he desired. Tlie parishioner 
 further has a riglit to expe<-t that the 
 parson \^ ill devot*- reasonahle time to 
 systematic, not irregular, paroehial 
 visiting, and esjieci.dly to th<» si<'k in 
 his parish, even, when it, i*- htting, to 
 those not memhers of hiseoiigrig.ition; 
 tiiat he will he legul-ir and ).uutualin 
 giving the services of the e irnch, and 
 noteasily dannt<-.ii)yditttcu tiesarising 
 fi<>m weather ov any ot ler caus»' : 
 ihat )ie will read the servi( <? plainly, 
 distinctly, deliher.itely and reverently, 
 so tl It tlie illiterate, and those >m- 
 famiiiar with tl»;' words, may he ahle 
 to follow and i)rofithy them. The lay- 
 man who goes t:) cymrch to worship, 
 ami such only need he c»)nsidered, he- 
 sides joining in the service, desires to 
 hear something tliat will reinovt' his 
 thoughts for the time heing from the 
 cares and troubles of his daily life, and 
 will help him on his way when he is 
 obliged to resume them. He does not 
 want anything said that will recall 
 them, — aiiy lecture or discoiuse on sub- 
 jects he pi'obahly understands better 
 "than the preacher, still less upon those 
 of a. sensational character bearing upon 
 popular to v-s that he has been hear- 
 

 inK»i^M»"* all tho w«'«'k, an<l wants U>on 
 cape fioui. Topics such as ar«' a<lvci- 
 tiscd ill the Satr.rday paper to Iw 
 <leall with hy popuhii- nn*;.. hers <»ne 
 of the latest beariiiK t"<' pieturestjue 
 tith' «>t' "(Iriice, (Iritainl Gn'eiihacks," 
 or tile more piactical one of **('oal at 
 $10 a ton," have no attraction for him. 
 Nor does he K<» to listen to a concert 
 unv more than to a popular lectin e, 
 conset|uently thennisicof "malecpiar- 
 trtfes" or soprano soloists are not to 
 ii.«. I.I ste when made to tVnin part of 
 what should be a devotional servic<'. 
 N«.i does ; ■' want anything »" th«' "»i- 
 tui V of itol'sm or ritualism beyond 
 what is be found withiii the tour 
 corners «il the Book of Common l*ray- 
 I'r. lie ^^s not mi'lerstand, he is sus- 
 
 picion 
 innov.i! 
 which 1 
 has b» til 
 UK'n forci 
 miwilling • 
 undo in a i 
 writer is no 
 ing only, bu 
 of the great i 
 Diocese, espi 
 tricts. 
 
 Huch is a dr\ 
 of w hat the pai 
 a right to expect 
 is for the latter t( 
 spiritual vitality 
 the nature of a « 
 of it arrive at 
 
 ml. i\i general, he dislikes 
 
 the t\)rm of servii'e to 
 
 . customed. More h. in 
 
 i. to the church by clc ,y- 
 
 changes of this natui i on 
 
 ishioners tlian they can 
 
 tine. In siiying this tin' 
 
 Kpn^^ing his own feel- 
 
 y-V I kill 'Ws to be that 
 
 I !he laity in this 
 
 ill Uk rural dis- 
 
 ut. outline 
 
 iks he hiis 
 
 lister. It 
 
 t'ormsiKh 
 
 it out of 
 
 i anu by means 
 
 •hloHt ilts of 
 
 which it is capa 
 
 While the ide; .f . nipa< 
 minister and pc ^i-le m.i y be «l 
 yet under the ' »luntary systMii 
 
 t f ween 
 
 isia-^teful, 
 
 mi- 
 
■ att for tln' •lischaiK*" of mutual 
 .lufics <|(M'N ami uuist ••xist. It is laid 
 down in the tHtntls kIvi'm for tli<' sup- 
 port of the tniiiistcr in 'uissionary par- 
 i.slu's and it is tlu' basis <»f tlu- support 
 of oui own cU-rKV. What tlu-n art' th«- 
 duti«'M<»f th<' iH'oph' toward their niiiiis- 
 tvv? SpcakiuK from t'u- purely 
 material HsjM'et of the relation- 
 whip, first the duty lies wimu 
 them of nrovidiuK for' the temporal 
 heeds of tn« ministei " y puurtually 
 and re^^ularly paying e stipen<'i a- 
 Ki'eed upon. an<l 'hat i...c Ktu<lK"'Kly 
 «H payinj? a di-^ j^u'eable debt, but 
 cheerfully and wi :'''?»};ly as fidtilliuK a 
 duty no ..dy to i .a but also to (iod. 
 Knowin,,. ;oo, how hai-d it is for the 
 missionary to makt' both I'uds meet up- 
 on the means allotted to him, and feel- 
 iuf?, as in niany cases he must feel, how- 
 little he himself would like to be in a 
 simihir position as reg.irds worldly 
 wealth —carrying on a constant struj?- 
 gh' to live as he isexpected to live— un- 
 able to save anything for his fannly or 
 to lay up a provision for his old age— 
 with few H()urc( T of enjoymerit and 
 many of discom'iort both of body and 
 "•■Md feeling all this he should take 
 . ry opportunity of helping his min- 
 ister with kindly deeds and words, not 
 as conferring a favour on the man, l)ut 
 as aiding in a common woik in which 
 both were concerned. He should feel 
 it a duty to take any part for which he 
 was fitted in work for the Church. He 
 should not think, as some seem to do, 
 that in coming to enurch he was fulfil- 
 ling all his duty, and conferring a fav- 
 our on the parson as well — ready to ex- 
 press disapproval of the sermon if it 
 
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 WUH not <|uit«> to his t.ist. . oi uasu tVw 
 iiiiiuit«'H too Ichik: Kiuinhliiijr at t'f 
 «-<:|l«'(tirtns to wliich Ih' ^mvcs th<' siiiali- 
 «'st SHIM hcdccrntlycim in. short tn-at- 
 inK hoth rhnich and ministoias anions; 
 th»' nioi!;Hcati(»ns of UtV which hav*- 
 to he etuhiicil with as ^r««nl j^mcc as 
 possihh'. 
 
 foniplaint is niach', and justly niach', 
 tliat the sunjs giv«'n hy chinch people 
 for the vaiions l>ianchcs ()f chnrch 
 _ work to which they n-e aski'd to con- 
 tribute fall far short of wliat nii^rht he 
 reasonably expected, and compare un- 
 favourably witli the amount f^iven for 
 similar objects by nu'jn'ers of other 
 denomination.^. One cau.<e of this is 
 that the laity in p'iK'ial are not nuide 
 to miderstand what is expected of 
 then). Thev ai-e not uifsent'"' with 
 any clear bu: ine.ss-lik statei nt of 
 tue finaiu'ial affairs oi the church, of 
 t'ae work which is undertaken, of the 
 funds re(|uired to carry it on, and of 
 the means by whicli it is proposed t<. 
 oi)taui them. Precpient calls are made 
 upon them for various mi.ssionary ob- 
 J4'(;ts, but without any systematic in- 
 formation which will enable them 
 really to undiistand what they are 
 giving to, or to apportion the aniount 
 which they can devote to siuh objects 
 to the various funds U,v which i id is 
 recpiired. In conse(iuente of this a 
 large class of people who wcnild give 
 liberally if only they understood what 
 they are asked to give to, give nothing 
 at all, or, if they happen to be present 
 when the collection is l>eing taken up, 
 just give their ordinary Sun(hiy offer- 
 ing of five or ten cents as the case mav 
 lye. In religious as well as in secular af- 
 
fairs, where money is concerned, pro- 
 per business methods are necessary for 
 success. 
 
 Every layman who has the interest 
 of his church at heart is giatifiod at 
 hearing of the earnest enquiries now 
 made as to Avhy the church is not 
 progressing and succeeding as she 
 should and the various means proposed 
 to ensiu-e that progress and success. 
 But whatever means are adopted they 
 can succeed only by united effort of 
 both clergy and laity working together 
 in a spirit of harmony, good will, and 
 self sacrifice. It is therefore the re- 
 verse of gratifying to hun when he 
 sees so many of the clergy not onlv 
 taking no part in these great move- 
 ments but doing nothing to encourage 
 the members of their congregations to 
 take their share in the woik. Such 
 men are a source of weakness rathei- 
 than of strength, and there evidently is 
 a want of ecclesiastical discipline and 
 control when such a state of things is 
 allowed to continue. There are men 
 in the church who have yet to learn 
 that Congregationalism is not a feature 
 of the Church of England, that thev 
 were ordained for the work of the 
 Church, and that the Church was not 
 established for them. 
 
 ORILLIA PACKET PRINT