THE PASTOR

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 18, 1878

Speaking of pastors, Zion’s Herald says, that “more than any other person the pastor is in the hands of the community, especially in those of his friends, who are usually able to make of him much, or little, or nothing, as they elect. To reduce him to zero, they do not need to make great exertions; a word, a look, an ominous silence at the right moment, or a sly innuendo, gives the fatal stab to reputation. The perishable nature of the ministerial commodity should warn both preacher and people to handle it carefully. There is danger that it perish in the using.”