A MINISTER'S PROBLEM.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 710, 8 January 1910, Page 9

A MINISTER'S PROBLEM.

.'. Tho-probleni of .'ministerial'.'BaiaTJes;.hae"-' ; f .been raised•:in.a'' : TCry 1 ,the resignatioaiof a Congregattonal^m'iiiis—, ' ,:. fer,iiv-'l£assachusetts,'the |]&y.:JL. Spencer I' ;.V;;, ; ? ■ .Voorhees/.to accept a n)aho.gine'post;in .%(-'.';■:'; Boston investment company./. "My : eitpla-? j i: *i nation.-is ejmple," hoiwys in his farevcelij A> [\'J} : letter to:his church.-•• "I■ am doinp it.for,.;' : - -■ : the sake'.of'.the.nKiriey there 1 is in it.".-'v.lni:'f -U a later passage of : the.lette'rMt.-Toorheesi'v' adds:—;-' ; :V , :^';.: ;: -r;; ; ,:^--:\U ; .':'■ ">. r-:. v r' ; '•;"One must:Kalise.tho:problem'that*Mn-T' ,v .:': fronts-.the'rainister: to-da'jv Never*was : it;;.:J, ; Ep'obligatory'itolive salatv■ ■■.:,. : v'-'. ;will,permit.'. i.While.-wages liave- increased-; : ; ; 'i'-: 50: per. cent.-and the cost: of-, living "about£•;.-)/■ afs'much,- his;salary:reraains as;it;was:fifri-j;.";: teeii 'years-digo..•'During^an'•-.active ' and';. >;•:- '. hard-working:. ministrj' -, ob ;■; twnty-fivo | \-:,t years, ■ it< lias.'i.been • impracticable -.to.:sayo; V:?':' ak; amount;>qual-'.-to oie>yeaT , s. salary,.- ; .':.:-; that ;.is;. enough -to < keep> : him... one:; year''a :;; : ; when hens out of-a pastorate at the eaniej ,■:.:.:■ :rate ; of:espen6e,' At miMe;life tnedead ;...;■: .line is v "rr»ached.wKhi;the churobeedonot ;;;-a .want-.hif/ service iibthe-pastorate.,.: What.::-:.:-'.:; •is he.titfjUoK'-sVWity this.outlook,'tho : ;'uii-;; : .:.:v:V ■ .solibiredi^£forio^:,%Jbua i iiess-position;.of] : .--:)"; ; great'-promise'iwitha. reliable' .■■-':•. ivas, acceptod'..by-Mr. Voqrhees" as opening!;;';.-,: ; the'way. for'him.''to.earn'enough ii afew.-. 1 .,-.' .Vv : years•: to■ ; 6pend the. rest ; of one's; , Hfo;;in;: ; ( ; :. . -ChrisCan^^vork^with;.comfort." : t P^A\~ : vV-' /'.