How Much Is It Worth? by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Feb 28, 1911

How Much Is It Worth?

By Editor

A New York church has invited an eloquent English preacher to minister to them at a salary of $12,000 a year. Many say it is too much. The preacher himself so declares. A paper, comparing it with what prize-fighters and actors and singers and persons of other professions are paid, thinks it too little. It is difficult to compare a true preacher's salary with those of other professions. Of course, if his eloquence is paid for, the comparison is just. If his true worth as a minister of Jesus Christ is to be estimated, it can not be measured by money. It ought to be of eternal worth in the salvation of souls, and a soul saved to immortality is of more value than all the gold of worlds. In such case, if his people can afford it, he should be paid a good salary, and he should expend that salary so as to glorify God.