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6 6 During the year he and his wife have generally one long eeaseless struggle to make both ends meet, and often with indifferent success. He must be eco nomical where other men are liberal lie must learn to go without luxuries and even without many things which by west persons are regarded as ne cessities. He must make his old black coat do duty for season after season, aud his wife must retrim her hat to make it look like new, and make over her last winter's dress so as to be de cent iu the eyes of her husband's peo ple, else they will complain, for it is a well understood fact that the preacher, the preacher's wife, his son, liis daugh ter, his man servant and his maid ser vant, if he is so fortunate as to have either, aud even the stranger within liis gates, are, severally and collective ly, the property of the congregation, to criticise and gossip about and backbite aud abuse, from the vising of the sun unto the going down of the same aud a few hours in the evening. All things considered, therefore, the preacher's life is far from merry. His fate is not more fortunate than that of the fa mous "Constables" in the Pirates of REQUESTING A COXTltlBUTION. Penzance, who, after aligning them selves on the stage in a rank as nearly straight as an outline sketch of the big fiddle, with a roar unanimously declare that: Taking one consideration with another, The policeman's lot is not a happy one. But the clergyman's life has its bright spots here and there, though, it iuay be, none of them are very bright, and there is no doubt at all that they are entirely too few. There would probably also a question arise in the minds of some persons as to what con stituted a bright spot, for the hard worked preacher has so little in his life to be merry about that he might be able to find a good deal of enjoy boent in matters over which others LERICAL LIFE The Amenities of Existence in the Parsonage—Preaching Is Some times the Least of a Minister's Trying Duties. Y? SHOULD like to get a place Jl with a good salary," said a young preacher seeking an ap pointment to an old clergyman high in the councils and respect of the denom ination with which he was connected. "Young man," rejoined the senior, "if salary is your object you had better go into any other vocation than the min istry." The old man was right, for in looking over the salaries and con templating the talents of the men en gaged in clerical work, it is easy to s(f that most of them would probably bo able to succeed much better, in a tinaii.' ial way, in almost any other call ing rlian that which.they have chosen, and that the same amount of work, in tome other direction, might have made llu'in independently wealthy. But a preacher should not, and, as a rule, •Iocs not preaeli ^nerely for the sake ot' the salary attached to the place he tills. Of course, lie wants a support, ami a support in a style commensurate with that of the people whom he serves, but if he expects to make mouey out of preaching he is destined to be woefully disappointed, for, at the best, after the year is ended lie finds himself fortunately situated if his bills are all paid. attempt to discover any humor what ever. Besides this, bis interest, like that of most men of every class, cen ters largely in his own profession and fellow-professionals, and his humor naturally takes the same turn. To him it seems a good joke to hear that Brother A. went to church last Sunday morning and did not discover that be had left his sermon at home until the last hymn had been sung before ser mon time, the last cougher had cough ed his last cough, preliminary to set tling into an attitude of attention, and the entire congregation had prepared to hear in silence the words of wisdom that were to fall from his lips. To the man of another profession, such an incident does not seem excruciatingly fuuuy, and not a few would sympa tlize warmly with the unlucky shep herd who found himself suddenly in the presence of bis sheep without any thing to say to them but to the preach er Brother A.'s predicament furnishes amusement only, for he thinks that Brother A. should be ready-witted enough to go ahead with a few re marks, even if his sermon was a mile away on his study table. He finds himself also able to extract some degree of amusement from even the petty impositions that are daily practiced on him or his brethren, for it is a well-understood fact that a preacher is fair game for everybody to pluck at, and every day small swindles are perpetrated on him, for no other reason than that he is a preacher. Not long ago a clergyman of the city re ceived an invitation from a church elsewhere to preach for them on an A QUIET MARRIAGE IN THE PARLOR. especial occasion. He read the invi tation with some dismay, as it said not a word about expenses, and he was not in a position to incur additional obligations. After much hesitation, he finally accepted the invitation, went at his own expense, delivered two ser mons, materially aiding the church which he visited, and returned, and still heard not a word about his ex penses. A few days later came a let ter with the postmark of the town he visited, and he opened the missive Avith satisfaction, feeling sure that here, at last, was a check for the §20 he had expended in aid of his brethren. His expectations were doomed to disap pointment, for instead of a check there was a request for a contribution to help furnish the church he had just aided to get rid of its debt. Nobody would have thought of imposing in this way on anybody but a preacher, but, then, a preacher is everybody's man, and the fact that he can not, or as a rule does not, complain is taken to mean that the skinning process is to him rather pleasant than otherwise. From his general cheerfulness in ad versity a giteat many people have the idea that the preacher has a compara tively easy time that he has nothing to do but to preach, and as he only preaches twice on Sunday and a half hour each time his labors must neces sarily be very light. It is true that if the preacher did nothing but preach he could not justly be considered as overworking himself, but in most cler ical situations the preaching forms the smallest part of the work. There, for instance, are the meetings of the official board of the church to be attended, and this of itself is no small nor easy task. The official board, according to popular superstition, is supposed to transact the business of the church to meet all its obligations and look after its interests. As a matter of fact, how ever, while there are some official boards that do all these things, and do them well, the general run of official boards consider their duty done when they have talked over a matter for three hours without saying anything, and have finally adjourned, leaving the whole thing in the hands of the preach er. Often, it must be confessed, he Is lucky when they are satisfied with do ing this, for not unfrequently It hap pens that after placing It In his hands two or three of them go off and try to accomplish it in as many different tgrould scratch their heads In a vain ways, giving rise to so many mlsun- derstandings that the preacher, on con templating the muddle, seriously con siders with himself the proprietory of throwing up his job as the quickest and easiest way out of the mess. But if any one supposes that the preacher does not earn his money, just let the unbeliever take his stand be hind the pastor when a female depu tation is to have a hearing. Some one has said this is the woman's age, and to judge from the influence wield ed by the fair sex, the saying certain ly appears to be justified by the facts. Nowhere, however, is the influence of woman felt to a greater extent than in the church organizations, which, being to a certain extent social in character, depend on the female members to so considerable extent for effectiveness that he who said, "If it were not for woman, Christianity would die out in one century," had no little justifica tion for bis remark. So far as the female deputation is concerned, it may have any business or no business at all that is a secondary matter. The women have come to talk, and talk they will, though the heavens fall. The preacher knows they are coming—of course they could not keep that fact to themselves—and is generally pre pared for them- the preparation, in this case, commonly amounting to a deter mination to do whatever they want done, and to do it quickly, too, with out making the slightest objection. Therefore, when the feminine contin ent marches in with colors flying, baud playing and bayonets fixed, the wise preacher stands up, listens to the reading of the inevitable preamble and set of resolutions, declares that the movement has liis cordial support, that he will do all he can to forward it. Then there is evening at the chilli sociable. The old brother who siw*a the amen corner is always there so is the graceless young fellow who has come for the sole purpose of inter viewing the old brother's daughter. Old and young and all other kinds, how ever, are, so to speak, run in the same mould, or more exactly, are crowded into the same rooms, where they en dure each other's society with as lit tle show of impatience as could be ex pected until the glad hour of parting comes, creating an enthusiasm that can not be mistaken. But whether tired or not, whether the sociable is a success or a failure, the preacher must stay to the last. The soeiable would not be a soeiable without him, and even though young and unmarried, he must pay just as much attention to old Brother Biffkins and to old Sister Biff kins and to Biffkins'daughter Peg, as to the young and interesting Miss Flora De Luce, who with her rich papa and fashionable mamma, looks in on the menagerie a moment from the door. But if the sociable is a delusion and a snare, what shall be said of the do nation party? Not all preachers are compelled to endure this form of legal ized robbery, but those who are, after one infliction, never cease their suppli cations to be delivered from another. The principle of the donation party is that of rendering assistance to the pastor, that is to say, of assuming a wonderful amount of generosity by pretending to make him a present of that to which he is justly entitled practically, the benefits are mostly on the other side. The donators bring a variety of articles, including many which the pastor and his family gen erally neither need nor want, eat up a month's supply of provisions, have as good a time as they can and depart "with satisfied consciences, believing that they have discharged a debt and a duty at the same time, and, in addi tion, have conferred material benefits on their beloved shepherd. They are well-meaning people they think they are doing right. The city preacher's life is enlivened jnost brightly when there is a wed ding. It is true he does not derive much benefit from the occasion, for by usage immemorial all wedding fees go to the preacher's wife, but according to the Scriptures the preacher and the preacher's wife are one, so after all the fee Is generally expended where it will equally benefit both. A "swell" wedding usually brings in a very hand some return for the outlay of brain force and labor, but there is another variety of knot-tying with which every A DONATION PARTY. parsom £s more or less familiar—that of the quiet couple who want no show or parade-, Irat simply want to be mar ried. So they get a license and go to the preacher's bouse, and lay the case before him. There is nobody at home but the cook, so the cook is called in for a witness and the marriage cere mony is- performed as well as the par son can: afford to do it in his mental uncertainty as to the matter of fees. He may get from' nothing at all up to IIE EOBGQ.T HIS SERMON. $5 the chances, are that $2.50 will be considered about the proper figure by the groom, who, after inquiring,' with some perplexity, what the preacher is going to charge,, produces the sum he had mentally appropriated for the purpose, sometimes in quarters and halves, from two. or three pockets and hands it over eyeimg It the while, as though mentally calculating the other uses in which it couldl move profitably be employed! A CHURCH SOCIABLE. 1 But all other cheering incidents In the life of the parson are thrown into the shade by a revival iu his church, This, jwith its stirring services, the busy preparations made necessary by frequent sermons and exhortations, naturally dwarf, almost into insignifi cance, all the other pleasures that come within his sphere. A revival means! increased membership, this means! success success means en hanced reputation and probably oppor tunities for wider usefulness. 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