“ONE OF THE CLOTH.
“Perhaps because it is so universal criticism of the man of the cloth is more amusing than harmful,” writes “One of the Cloth,” in'the “Aberdeen Press.” “From my experience, I have summed up the situation as follows: If a minister is not married ,lie ought be; if be is married and has two or three of a family, how can be he expected to look alter his job? if lie spends his time in his study, people say lie ought to visit more; if he visits and is interested in organisation, they say he ought to spend more time in his study, if his sermons are careful and learned, they are too heavy, if they are topical and interesting, there is nothing in them. If a minister is correct in his conduct, he is too stiff; if he unbends and is human, ho is lacking n dignity. So, not being able to keep up to the standard set him, the ]>oor man chuckles to himself and goes liis own way.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 9 May 1929, Page 8
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174“ONE OF THE CLOTH. Hokitika Guardian, 9 May 1929, Page 8
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