“ARE you the man we’ve hired to preach for us?” “I beg pardon; are you not the minister?” “Yes, sir; I am pastor of the church here; but do you really think I have been hired to preach for you?” “Why, yes, sir; I was at the meeting when the vote was taken to raise the money. Did you not come here expecting to receive a salary?” “Certainly; and so does the governor of this State enter upon his duties expecting to receive a salary; but would you say that he is hired to govern the State?” “And the reason is exactly this: the governor is elected to fill a certain office; and when you speak of him, you think more of his office than you do of his salary. You do not hire him to do whatever you may wish to set him at; but you elect him to an office, fixed beforehand and expressly defined in the Constitution, and then you fix a salary that he may attend to his duties without embarrassment. The same is true of a pastor. You do not hire him to do a job of preaching for you. You elect him to an office, ordained by Christ and defined in the constitution of the church, and then you affix a salary, that he may give himself wholly to the duties of his office.” “Your theory appears very well; but what practical difference does it make?” “Just this: When you hire a man, you expect him to do as you say. When you elect a man to an office, you expect him to do what the Constitution says.”