TEA-DRINKING PARSON
MODERATOR’S WARNING PERTH. (W. A.). December 23. Pitfalls for a parson were explained by the Rev. Alexander Crow. Mod-•erator-General of the Presbyterian :Church, to newly-licensed clergymen at. a St. Andrew’s; Church ceremony. ■ I Mr. Crow warned them against getping the reputation of being tea-drink-ling parsons. “You will gain many confidences,” he said. “Beware that you betray none. A. gossiping parson is. a real danger in the community. You will need to be public-men, but do not spend too much of your strength in that direction.” '< Tho Scriptures, he said, would be ’
tiio parson's great text book. The ] wealth of the Bible was! not unearthed in one generation. Let him not study ’ tile Scriptures with any rooted pre- 1 judice, nor unload all the Wealth of 1
his reading on his congregation. Most of them were simple folk and could not bear too much. There- must be faithful, study behind. , all preaching. The simplest sermon would be that upon which the preacher spent most time and thought.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 3 January 1938, Page 10
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