Dont's for Prospective Ministers
An English paper gives the following as part of the charge delivered at an installation of a pastor: Don't study without prayer.
Don't tell all you know in one sermon.
Don't put the hay too high in the ricks.
Don't offer sentimental confections or intellectual shavings.
Don't mistake philosophy for Christianity, cant for piety, noise for zeal, or crowds for success.
Don't be so broad that you can float nothing but intellectual chips on your shallow stream.
Don't scold.
Don't mistake length for profundity, or brevity for wit.
Don't lash the back of a sinner instead of the back of sin.
Don't offer to other people manna which you have not tasted yourself.
Don't be a vender of nostrums.
Don't try to make bricks without straw.