,occasional ,papers1 ,no4 #ac4    ,,the 
,,american ,,negro ,,academy4           
7,,founded ,,by ,,alexander ,,crummell7 
,the ,demand and the ,supply   of       
,increased ,efficiency in   the ,negro  
,ministry4     ,,by ,,jesse ,e4         
,,moorland4     ,price #ae ,cts4        
,,washington1 ,d4 ,c4   ,,published ,,by
 ,,the ,,academy1   #aiji4      ,press  
of ,r4 ,l4 ,pendleton   #fji ,f ,st4 ,n4
 ,w4   ,washington1 ,d4 ,c4   #aiji     
,the ,demand and the ,supply of         
,increased ,efficiency in the ,negro    
,ministry4  ,,by ,,jesse ,e4 ,,moorland4
   ,in the discussion of this subject ,i
 fully recognize the opportunity men    
have to serve ,god in any honorable     
vocation4 ,the ,christian lawyer or     
physician is called of ,god as truly as 
a minister4 ,such men are putting the   
emphasis on service and not on getting4 
,the condition confronting us is        
alarming and this warrants the earnest  
plea in this paper for a greater number 
of efficient ministers4  ,this is       

probably the most important question    
confronting the colored people to-day4  
,after all1 a race or a nation is       
measured by its religion1 and the       
greatest fact about a people is its     
religion4 ,the efficiency of a nation   
depends in a large degree upon the      
character of its religious principles4  
,when the good ,queen ,victoria was     
asked what made her realm so great1 it  
was expected that she might point to her
 well-equipped navy or her efficient    
army1 but she modestly held up a little 
book1 called the ,bible1 and said3 ,by  
adhering to the principles contained in 
this ,book1 greatness has come to ,great
 ,britain4 ,china is what she is to-day 
because she adheres to certain          
principles taught by her religious      
teachers1 and ,africa is still in       
darkness because led by blind1          
superstitious1 religious teachers4  ,in 
a larger sense than many people are     
willing to give credit the ,negro       
minister has been responsible for the   

progress of our race and is also        
responsible for much that cannot be     
counted as progress1 for no other single
 class of individuals has had1 and still
 has1 so large and far-reaching an      
influence as our ministers4 ,you have   
only to go to a community where there is
 a well-trained1 honorable1 upright1 and
 efficient minister to see the marked   
improvement among the people along every
 line4 ,on the other hand1 when you find
 a community where there is an immoral1 
ignorant minister1 wielding a large     
influence1 you will find a community    
that is full of despair4  ,it is        
pleasant to read the short story written
 by ,paul ,laurence ,dunbar some years  
ago1 entitled ,the ,ordeal at ,mt4      
,hope4 ,this story possibly gives one of
 the most vivid pictures of real1       
genuine service rendered by a man of    
splendid parts in a needy section of the
 ,south1 bearing out the practical      
demonstration of the power the minister 
has over a community4  ,it is one thing 

to lay down principles2 it is another   
thing to show that these principles are 
correct and true by the practical work  
which is based upon these principles4   
,it is no hard thing to see how true it 
is that of all men throughout the       
history of the world1 none have had     
greater influence than the religious    
teachers of a people1 and it is just as 
true to-day1 and it is a waste of time  
to argue that a race or nation can be   
lifted any higher than the religious    
principles of that race or nation will  
allow it to go4 ,history fails to record
 an instance of this sort1 and it is    
very evident there never will be an     
instance of the kind4 ,man is bound by  
his religion4 ,he may not profess it1   
but he has a belief2 even though he may 
declare that he believes nothing1 the   
very fact of his declaration proves him 
to have a dogma4 ,you had as well expect
 to find lions without courage as to    
find men without some form of religious 
conviction4 ,it is a something in man   

that has to be reckoned with1 and where 
it is most wisely directed and          
cultivated1 there we find the highest   
culture and development along every     
line4 ,hence the great importance to a  
new race like ours in ,america that the 
most careful attention be given to this 
very important phase of our development4
  ,this is no time for mere             
fault-finding4 ,it is a time1 however1  
for sober1 considerate thought4 ,it is a
 time when the best of the clergy and   
the best of the laity of every          
denomination need seriously to face a   
question which is not alone common to   
themselves but is a serious one         
confronting the entire ,protestant      
,church4 ,in some ways our churches are 
suffering1 7and it seems will suffer    
more for sometime than others71 for the 
reason that we have not had1 and have   
not now1 so large a number of trained   
men to draw upon as others who have had 
better advantages than ourselves4 ,with 
an honest purpose1 it is our business to

 courageously take this matter up and   
get at the facts1 and then find a way to
 remedy the alarming condition4 ,we are 
at a crisis1 and the future of our race 
is involved1--yea1 the future of our    
nation1 for one-eighth of the population
 of any land has a tremendous influence 
upon the whole4  ,in the first place1   
the demand for increased efficiency is  
emphasized by increased intelligence of 
the people4 ,forty years ago we were    
just entering school as a race2 to-day  
we have the second generation in our    
public schools1 secondary schools1 and  
colleges4 ,these parents and children   
read the daily papers1 read the         
magazines1 buy some books1 and are      
beginning to think1 and as soon as an   
individual begins to think independently
 all sorts of problems rapidly crowd in 
on the mind and put it in an attitude of
 questioning many of the things which   
have always beforehand been taken for   
granted as correct and true4 ,along with
 this goes the fact that much of the    

literature of to-day1 7including        
newspaper editorials and many magazine  
articles71 has a tendency to undermine  
,christian faith rather than help it4   
,much of it comes from brains well      
saturated with ,pagan philosophy rather 
than the principles laid down in the    
,holy ,book4 ,the swing away from       
,puritanism to what is called liberty   
has the effect of loosening many of the 
well-fixed principles of morality and   
right-living1 and makes splendid soil   
for just such practices as we are       
constantly reminded of by the glaring   
headlines in our newspapers giving every
 detail of murders1 and lax family      
relations and divorces1 and every       
conceivable thing that human nature can 
devise for the uprooting of many of the 
essentials of real progress and decent  
living4 ,this brings a spirit of unrest 
and doubt1 and the question whether life
 pays1 and whether it is worth while to 
make an effort1 and whether the ,church 
is of any effect4 ,the minister is      

looked upon as a professional parasite  
drawing a salary and having a good time1
 and in the thought of many is cast     
aside as of but little consequence4  ,to
 meet such conditions as mentioned      
above1 there must be increased          
efficiency in the ministry1 the demand  
to meet which is greater to-day than    
ever before4 ,i am finding no fault with
 the efficient men we now have at work4 
,many are doing valiant service4 ,they  
are heroes on the home field in the same
 sense that ,carey1 ,judson1            
,livingstone1 ,pitkin1 ,lott ,carey and 
others were heroes on the foreign field4
 ,some of these men are laying their    
lives down in the great work to which   
they have been called4 ,all honor to    
these men6 ,but their numbers are too   
few4 ,the disproportion is too great in 
our professional schools4 ,for example1 
when a medical school can boast of four 
hundred young men preparing to care for 
the physical life of the people and the 
theological school in the same          

institution can report barely one       
hundred men preparing to care for the   
moral and spiritual life of the same    
people1 it is time to stop and consider 
whither are we tending4 ,then at a      
closer glance we see something else     
which is worse still4 ,with all due     
respect to the men in the theological   
school1 it is an alarming fact that the 
men in the medical school1 in most      
cases1 have a higher average in         
scholarship and natural force than the  
men in the theological school4 ,why is  
this8 ,it is because the training in our
 colleges1 the teaching from the        
platform1 and the training in most of   
our homes is such that our boys to-day  
are led to believe that the route to    
greatest success is along the material  
highway4 ,it is a current saying now    
that the quickest way for a colored man 
of ability1 at this time1 to get out of 
the reach of immediate want1 materially1
 is to study medicine4 ,there may not be
 too many men entering medicine1 but    

certainly not enough are entering the   
ministry4 ,in some cases well-meaning   
men have been disgusted with certain    
types of ministers which they have met  
and have cast the whole profession      
aside1 giving it no respectful          
consideration1 and have felt that they  
could better themselves1 socially as    
well as materially1 by entering some    
profession other than the ministry4 ,i  
am well acquainted with not a few men   
who entered college with the express    
purpose of preparing themselves to enter
 the ministry1 who turned aside to some 
other calling for the reason mentioned4 
,sad to say1 very few of the most       
capable men in our colleges to-day are  
looking forward to the ministry as a    
life work4  ,in order that we may cope  
with such conditions as those just      
mentioned1 none can gainsay the great   
need of greater efficiency in the       
ministry1 that we do not cut the        
tap-root of all our progress and become 
of none effect in the world4 ,the wisest

 leaders of ,japan to-day are deeply    
concerned about the propagation of      
,christian principles among the people4 
,the recent past has changed a nation in
 a day1 and while the people have taken 
on the ways of western civilization1 the
 larger number of them have not accepted
 the principles which have made western 
civilization great1 and these far-seeing
 prophets of the ,sunrise kingdom well  
understand that their glory will be     
ephemeral unless they are able to plant 
their feet firmly upon the eternal ,rock
 of ,ages4 ,as lightly as it may be     
regarded1 there is a similar danger     
confronting the rising young race of    
colored men in this land4 ,it is not    
reassuring that our strongest men1 who  
are able to make their way through      
northern universities1 have in some     
cases come out of these institutions    
with a shattered faith and are not found
 in places of leadership either as      
ministers or laymen1 in our churches and
 other religious institutions4 ,a man   

cannot excuse himself by saying that he 
spends his time during the week in the  
schoolroom1 in the law office1 or in the
 sickroom4 ,the great men of the world  
and the great races and nations of the  
world have done all these things but did
 not leave the other undone4 ,to meet   
this condition a larger number of       
efficient men must be led into the      
ministry4  ,in order that the supply may
 be commensurate with the demand1 it is 
necessary to ask the question where and 
how shall we begin to meet the demand   
for an increased efficiency in the      
ministry8 ,first1 with ,christian       
parents4 ,it is interesting to note that
 ,paul1 in his second letter to his     
beloved son1 ,timothy1 #ast chapter1    
#eth verse1 makes use of these words3   
,when ,i call to remembrance the        
unfeigned faith that is in thee1 which  
dwelt first in thy grandmother1 ,lois1  
and thy mother1 ,eunice1 and ,i am      
persuaded that in thee also1 and he thus
 shows his belief in spiritual heredity4

  ,the foregoing passage teaches that we
 must not shut our eyes to the          
responsibility of ,christian parents in 
this matter4 ,many of the great         
preachers of the world were consecrated 
to this service by godly mothers1 in    
some cases before they were born1 even  
as ,hannah1 ,samuel's mother1           
consecrated him to the ,lord before his 
birth4  ,forty years ago1 it was a      
passion with many ,christian parents to 
have at least one son enter the         
ministry1 and yet ,i am sorry to say    
to-day ,i have many1 many times made    
inquiry of ministers' sons and have     
found very few of them who were willing 
to give even a respectful hearing to the
 claim of the ministry and few parents  
of such sons who seemed concerned about 
the matter4  ,the first remedy is to go 
back to first principles and let the    
people who claim to love the ,lord and  
,his ,christ be willing to make an      
offering of the very flower of their    
families to this1 the highest and       

noblest service ever given to man to    
perform4  ,then our various churches    
must take a larger interest in leading  
the most promising young men into this  
great service4 ,some churches have done 
nobly at this and have stood by their   
spiritual sons by furnishing the means  
by which they might attend college and  
fit themselves for service1 and have    
taken peculiar interest and pride in    
seeing them return to the mother church 
and in listening to them1 and in bidding
 them ,god speed2 but most of our       
churches1 though able1 have paid hardly 
any attention to this important phase of
 service at all1 and many of our        
churches cannot mention a single        
successful minister who commands the    
respect of any large community because  
of his ability and power1 which they    
have sent out4 ,on the other hand1 many 
times men are allowed to come into the  
ministry through our churches who are   
always calculated to do more injury than
 good1--men with no preparation and no  

chance of getting proper training4  ,god
 never calls a man to preach unless ,he 
also provides the way for him to make   
due preparation for that service4 ,this 
is a principle which cannot successfully
 be disputed4 ,when ,god called ,moses  
,he led him out of the land of ,egypt1  
and he spent years and years communing  
with ,god under the canopy of heaven2   
and ,paul spent three years somewhere in
 preparation for his great work1 and    
even the ,father's own ,son for thirty  
years was in preparation to do three    
years' work4  ,it is a harmful thing to 
have a church full of inefficient1      
licensed preachers with no hope of ever 
entering actively into the ministry1 but
 in most cases are just a worry of the  
flesh to a progressive pastor4 ,when a  
man comes before a board for a license  
he ought to be given to understand that 
this license will be granted only on    
condition that he prepare himself       
intellectually as well as spiritually   
for the great work of the ministry1 and 

when prepared that he will enter into   
the field which is white and ready and  
waiting for the reaper4  ,possibly the  
,church has no larger opportunity for   
advancing the ,lord's kingdom than in   
just this phase of service4 ,sometimes a
 narrow-minded minister is to blame4 ,he
 fails to encourage the promising young 
man for fear some day he will come back 
as a rival too much for him4 ,i wish it 
were possible to utter these words with 
sufficient emphasis to arouse many of   
our dormant1 sleeping churches to a     
sense of their duty4  ,one organization 
in our colleges has the largest         
opportunity over any other to help      
furnish an increased supply from our    
college men1 and that is the ,student   
,department of the ,young ,men's        
,christian ,association4 ,already the   
leader of this ,department1 ,mr4 ,john  
,r4 ,mott1 has written a book1 ,the     
,future ,leadership of the ,church1     
published by the ,international         
,committee1 #abd ,east #bhth ,street1   

,new ,york4 ,in this volume ,mr4 ,mott  
takes up this whole question of the     
supply of leaders in our churches4      
,though a layman himself1 for some      
years1 he has been lecturing in the     
leading colleges of our land and calling
 the strong men 7as only a true leader  
can call men7 to consider the calling of
 the ministry1 facing squarely all of   
the difficulties connected therewith1   
problems of faith1 problems of training1
 and the problem of support1 which is   
entirely too meagre to-day2 but with a  
strong purpose he has been making an    
effort to lead some of the best and     
ablest men into this1 the highest of all
 callings4 ,the same thing is being done
 in many of our colored colleges by our 
colored ,international ,secretaries2    
some time during the year the claim of  
the ministry is presented to the        
students4 ,we feel sure that in due time
 results will be seen4 ,capable         
ministers among us and college          
professors also need covet the          

opportunity1 in a larger way than they  
have been doing1 to appear before bodies
 of students1 to mingle with them1 to   
impress them with the importance of at  
least considering this calling1 in order
 that we may get the supply which is so 
greatly needed4  ,do you wonder at my   
urgency when ,i tell you that ,bishops  
and presiding elders have many times    
sadly declared to me that few men of any
 class are applying for admission to the
 many annual conferences1 and in many   
cases not a single candidate applies in 
a single year2 and when they do1        
oftentimes they are weak men4 ,in one   
case eighteen men applied for admission 
to an annual conference in a certain    
,state and not one of them was          
intellectually qualified to pursue the  
course of study prescribed for the first
 year1 and to the credit of the         
conference they were not admitted4      
,certainly the ,baptist brethren are not
 more blessed than their ,methodist     
friends4 ,the smaller denominations are 

confronted with a similar lack of men to
 pioneer the enterprises which are      
theirs to do4 ,the ,master's words are  
as true to-day as ever they were3 ,the  
harvest is great1 but the laborers are  
few4 ,the pastors of training and vision
 are themselves alarmed2 the best of the
 laity are overwhelmed with the         
magnitude of their task when it is      
theirs to call a pastor4 ,there was a   
time when the most choice men of the    
race entered the ministry4 ,no other    
door was open1 but to-day practically   
every door open to anybody else is open 
to the man of ability of the ,negro     
race4 ,this of course depletes the      
number from which the supply must come4 
,even in the days of slavery the great  
leaders on the plantations were         
generally preachers1 and they were in   
many cases feared and respected by both 
white and black4 ,if this preacher chose
 to be1 he was a dangerous man to the   
institution of slavery and ofttimes was 
sold4 ,on the other hand1 he was usually

 the source of great blessing to large  
communities1 so much so that there were 
instances where some such men were given
 their freedom and commissioned to      
preach from plantation to plantation1   
not only to colored people1 but         
oftentimes to white people4 ,the story  
of the lives of these men reads like    
romance1 and they were the men at the   
close of the ,civil ,war1 who were ready
 to welcome the school and did their    
best to lead the people into the ways of
 true progress4 ,they had great power   
and influence1--not always sufficient   
intelligence for their arduous tasks1   
but they were giants in their day and   
deserve well-merited praise4 ,to meet   
the demands of these modern times other 
giants must be raised up1 who can hold  
the respect of the best trained portion 
of our people1 and at the same time may 
maintain the confidence of the most     
humble of every community4 ,we have some
 men like this4 ,they stand like giant  
oaks in the forest1 towering above the  

shrubs and undergrowth about them4 ,they
 are lonely in their work4 ,here and    
there1 about the great centers of       
population1 there may be groups of them1
 but eighty per cent of our people are  
not in the great centers but are        
scattered throughout the length and     
breadth of the land in small hamlets and
 the country districts4 ,these people   
are too often as sheep without a        
shepherd4 ,no doubt not many of the     
shepherds there are doing the best they 
can4 ,give them credit for all they do1 
but the demand is such that a more      
efficient ministry must enter into every
 hamlet1 and there lift and inspire the 
people2 and possibly the greatest thing 
to be done in this lifting process is to
 provide a more efficient and practical 
training for the men we desire to lead  
into the ministry4 ,merely to have men  
enter this great work without a         
training1 which fits them to cope with  
the problems of the day1 is but a waste 
of effort4 ,the ,negro minister ought to

 be the best trained man among us in    
order that he may be able to assume his 
rightful place as a leader of the       
people4 ,the training needed for the    
ministry of to-day must be comprehensive
 and practical4 ,this will be the means 
of attracting men of ability and will   
insure increased efficiency4 ,the       
emphasis for the training of the        
ministry to-day needs to be placed upon 
teaching2 not mere oratory1 but         
teaching4  ,jesus ,christ was a great   
teacher4 ,nicodemus said3 ,we know thou 
art a teacher sent from ,god4 ,very     
seldom is it said that ,jesus preached1 
but it is commonly said that he taught  
the people4 ,the minister who is to be  
,his true representative on earth must  
also be a teacher1 and it is of the     
greatest importance that his training be
 such as shall broaden his views of life
 and shall enable him to understand the 
relations of human society sufficiently 
well to warrant his instructing the     
people in the most helpful way4         

,unfortunately a great deal of the      
training of the past has been entirely  
too narrow4 ,usually the theological    
seminaries have been very slow in       
utilizing the most improved educational 
methods and have been very active in    
maintaining the old order of things4    
,what we need to-day for our ministers  
is a training which will put them in    
possession of the knowledge of human    
society just as it is4 ,it is of the    
greatest importance that a minister     
should be given a correct training      
according to the principles of ,jesus   
,christ to treat these conditions4 ,the 
people are waiting and hungering for    
this type of leader4 ,there was never a 
time when the colored people were so    
willing to be taught from the pulpit as 
they are to-day4  ,no ground will be    
gained by mere denunciation1 but what is
 needed is a splendid constructive      
method which will build the people up in
 every phase of life and sweeten human  
relations4 ,all the people demand of    

such a teacher is that he should be as  
good as the doctrine he proclaims and   
should fully comprehend what he is      
about4 ,there certainly is no place     
where larger opportunity is offered for 
service than in the high calling of the 
ministry4 ,the average course of study  
in seminaries provided for both white   
and colored candidates for the ministry 
is not calculated to bring them in touch
 with the problems which are to confront
 them as it should4 ,the following is a 
course of study covering three years1   
and a fair sample of courses provided by
 seminaries established for colored     
ministers3  ,first year3 ,biblical      
,introduction2 ,hebrew ,language2 ,greek
 ,interpretation2 ,sacred ,rhetoric and 
,elocution2 ,vocal ,music4  ,second     
year3 ,church ,history2 ,hebrew         
,interpretation2 ,greek ,interpretation2
 ,sacred ,rhetoric and ,elocution2      
,vocal ,music2 ,homiletics2 ,christian  
,theology4  ,third year3 ,pastoral      
,duties2 ,theology and ,ethics2         

,biblical ,introduction2 ,homiletics and
 ,church ,polity2 ,christian ,theology2 
,sacred ,rhetoric and ,elocution2       
,electives4  ,there is not much in this 
course that inspires men with the       
gravity of the problems of human society
 in the beginning of the twentieth      
century4 ,too many times in our         
seminaries men speculate about theories 
of salvation and various other things   
labelled doctrines1 which are of little 
or no value to men whose business it is 
to bring the kingdom of ,jesus on earth 
as it is in heaven4 ,why spend a term on
 the theory of salvation when ,jesus    
said1 ,he that believeth on me hath     
everlasting life4 ,one man with faith in
 this and a comprehensive training will 
do more to save the world than a dozen  
men can possibly do battling over the   
theories which have grown up with the   
church during the past ages4 ,it is     
unfortunate that many of our ministers  
have had no systematic training at all1 
and it is surprising that so much has   

been accomplished with such poorly      
equipped men as many of them have been4 
,they are not to be too severely        
censured4 ,again ,i repeat1 no band of  
men in our race has been more           
self-sacrificing and more desirous on   
the whole for race uplift and           
development than these men1 and there is
 no intention at this time to do        
anything more than to call attention to 
the great need of a better trained      
ministry to reenforce the present ranks 
in an effective way for good4 ,it is    
encouraging to note a new departure in  
two leading theological seminaries4     
,yale ,divinity ,school changed its     
course very much a year ago4 ,it        
strengthened the old course1 leading to 
the degree of ,bachelor of ,divinity1   
known as historical1 also adding a      
philosophical and lastly a practical    
course1 both of which lead to the ,b4,d4
 degree4 ,the practical course will     
emphasize the relation of the minister  
to the problems of modern society1      

giving special attention to ,christian  
sociology1 ethics1 and methods of       
,christian activity4 ,as a preliminary  
discipline students who take this course
 will receive in the junior year special
 instruction in sociology and           
instruction in elementary law in one of 
the courses furnished by the ,university
 for law students4  ,the ,chicago       
,theological ,seminary has made a       
similar change and says in a recent     
catalogue3 ,the subjects for instruction
 are those directly relating to the work
 of the ministry1 and courses in the    
,english ,bible1 the psychology of      
,christian living1 religious pedagogy1  
evangelism1 missions1 ,christian        
sociology and citizenship are included  
in both the prescribed and elective     
work4 ,hebrew and ,greek have been made 
almost entirely elective1 and much that 
is traditional in systematic theology1  
church history1 and other departments   
has had to make room for new subjects4  
,but the seminary authorities1 believing

 that such changes are necessary1 hold  
that the mere fact that a subject has a 
traditional place in the curriculum of  
the divinity school should not be a     
sufficient reason for retaining it4     
,each subject must continually prove    
anew its right to be taught and justify 
itself under modern conditions4 ,this   
does not mean less study or a less      
scholarly man as the finished product2  
but it does mean that the seminary is to
 take its place along with other        
professional schools in fitting men to  
meet present needs4  ,the action of the 
above schools is most encouraging1 and  
no doubt before a great while many other
 seminaries will follow the same course4
 ,this will do for the minister what our
 medical schools are doing for the      
physician2 it will bring him in daily   
contact with the conditions which he    
must meet out in the world4 ,who would  
think of running a medical school       
without a laboratory and a clinic8      
,young men might know all the books have

 to say about the property of drugs or  
the symptoms of diseases1 but such men  
will be handicapped if they are to wait 
until they go out into actual life      
before seeing these drugs tried1 or the 
peculiar manifestation of diseases as   
they make their inroads on the human    
system4 ,a thorough knowledge of        
sociology makes it possible for young   
men who are in our theological          
seminaries to get some practical        
knowledge of human relations and        
conditions of the present time and      
thereby be better able to apply the     
potent ,gospel as a remedy4  ,what is   
needed is a greater breadth of view     
possessed by the leaders of our         
seminaries and in many cases more       
practical men1 such as our great and    
successful preachers are1 ought to be on
 the teaching staff rather than some men
 who could not succeed in any eminent   
way as pastors2 example has its effect  
on theologies as well as medicos and the
 man with the green bag4 ,every         

provision should be made for ministers  
to be well-equipped teachers and leaders
 of the people4 ,such training will make
 our ministers able to place the        
emphasis on their work where it belongs4
 ,such men will as carefully consider   
the financial strength of their people  
as a physician considers the physical   
strength of a patient2 and no more      
should we see churches built which are  
out of all proportion to the financial  
ability of the people who worship in    
them4 ,we should not see a great debt   
hanging over the heads of a poor people1
 the most of whom do not own their own  
homes but live in narrow streets and    
alleys under very unsanitary conditions4
 ,but we should see neat houses of      
worship arranged so as to meet the needs
 of a given parish in its largest way   
and within the reach of the people's    
financial ability4 ,further1 we should  
see radiating from this center          
influences which will inspire people to 
own their own homes1 to take proper care

 of their children1 and to realize what 
it means to walk with ,god as men of old
 here on earth4  ,this training will    
enable men to be brought near enough to 
see that it is a waste of time merely to
 preach narrow denominationalism1 but   
good men of all denominations will unite
 in combatting evil and in making a     
given community a desirable place for   
the habitation of the children of men4  
,greater care will be taken of the poor 
and orphans and more energy will be     
spent in building up the moral life of  
the young men and women of the          
community4 ,this will be done by these  
trained men who will come fully as well 
equipped to discern what these problems 
of society are as the physician who     
comes to heal our bodies and who must   
necessarily understand disease and      
remedy4 ,such a minister's thought will 
not be centered on making a great name  
for himself at the expense of an        
ignorant people4 ,it will not matter to 
him whether he has the name of having   

built the largest church or the finest  
church1 or whether he has the biggest   
congregation in his church1 but it will 
be centered upon the most important     
thing1 and that is the establishing of  
the kingdom of ,jesus ,christ among men 
on earth4 ,his efforts will be to lift  
the burdens from the poor and           
unfortunate and make their lives happy  
and sweet and pleasant4 ,he will be a   
leader in devising ways and means to get
 our people out of the crowded alleys   
into the bright sunshine of life that   
they may be where their little children 
may have a chance for true development4 
,he will gather around him a band of    
faithful1 trained men and women1 who    
will visit the jail1 the sick1 the poor1
 and the oppressed4 ,and he will call to
 mind the requirements which ,jesus     
,christ laid down for all men who wish  
to walk with ,jesus here and to enter   
with ,him in eternal rest4 ,for ,i was  
hungered1 and ye gave me meat2 ,i was   
thirsty1 and ye gave me drink2 ,i was a 

stranger1 and ye took me in3 naked1 and 
ye clothed me3 ,i was sick1 and ye      
visited me3 ,i was in prison1 and ye    
came unto me4 ,then shall the righteous 
answer him1 saying1 ,lord1 when saw we  
thee a hungered1 and fed thee8 or       
thirsty1 and gave thee drink8 ,when saw 
we thee a stranger1 and took thee in8   
,or naked1 and clothed thee8 ,or when   
saw we thee sick or in prison1 and came 
unto thee8 ,and the ,king shall answer  
and say unto them1 ,verily1 ,i say unto 
you1 ,inasmuch as ye have done it unto  
one of the least of these my brethren1  
ye have done it unto me4  ,the above    
words are from the ,master's own lips   
and make plain and clear the duty of the
 church1 the duty of ,christian society 
as well as that of the individual4 ,it  
is a clear indication that ,jesus meant 
for his followers to acquaint themselves
 thoroughly with the conditions of      
society as ,he did himself4 ,he was     
thoroughly familiar with all the evils  
and the needs of humanity which         

surrounded ,him4 ,and ,his work was the 
healing of every ill4 ,too long have men
 talked about the ,father in such a     
cold1 metaphysical way as to forget     
their brethren who are next door to     
them4 ,too long have men thought merely 
of individualistic religion4 ,our       
religion must be more effectively social
 in its aim and practice4 ,it must so   
act and react on society that the whole 
lump will be leavened4 ,christianity has
 done more for the world than any other 
religion or principle and yet it has    
never been given the chance it should be
 given to do its complete work among    
men4 ,when you look about you and behold
 the suffering and misery1 the sin and  
shame1 can you but offer a prayer that  
the day will soon come when a large     
number of our strong men shall receive a
 training for the ministry which shall  
fit them to battle effectively with     
these great problems which confront us  
in this modern age8 ,unless it is done  
we go backward4 ,here is the ,negro's   

great opportunity1 viz3 ,to let         
,christianity have a chance through him4
 ,will he lose it8  ,the great reformers
 of the church have always been men of  
the broadest training4 ,luther and      
,calvin were not only preachers as we   
think of preachers1 but also were men of
 splendid legal training4 ,dr4 ,f4 ,j4  
,grimke1 7who is highly esteemed and    
respected as a minister71 not only is a 
high honor man of the ,divinity ,school 
of ,princeton ,university1 but also is a
 graduate in law as well4 ,henry ,ward  
,beecher1 the greatest preacher ,america
 ever produced1 had a law library that  
any young lawyer would be glad to have1 
and a medical library that would be a   
credit to any young physician4 ,there   
was not a phase of knowledge with which 
he did not have some acquaintance4 ,the 
broad training these men had gave them  
the mastery of difficult problems4 ,when
 we shall have a large number of        
thoroughly trained men of unquestioned  
character whose hearts are warm with the

 love of ,god and whose eyes behold the 
true condition of their people1 and     
whose hands shall be ready to work for  
the good of an inspiring race1 then we  
shall see the kingdom of ,god come among
 men in a larger way than it is possible
 for us now even to imagine4 ,while many
 have not had the privilege of securing 
the training which fits us to understand
 in the most comprehensive way many of  
the problems which are round about us1  
it is still possible for every minister 
to qualify himself so that he may be a  
workman which needeth not to be ashamed4
 ,unfortunately a great many of our     
ministers do not do what they might4    
,for some cause they do not purchase    
books at all1 or do not purchase them as
 wisely as they should4 ,it is a poor   
plan to spend money for books which     
agents carry about from place to place4 
,they are generally high-priced and     
little used after they are bought4 ,find
 out what you ought to buy by reading   
reviews and by consulting with men who  

certainly know4 ,every preacher should  
own1 read1 and ponder the following     
books and extend his reading as he may  
see fit3 ,the ,social ,crisis by        
,rauschenbusch 7published by ,macmillan1
 ,new ,york72 ,the ,social ,message of  
the ,modern ,pulpit by ,brown           
7,scribner1 ,new ,york72 ,the ,religion 
of a ,mature ,mind and ,the ,spiritual  
,life by ,coe 7,revell1 ,new ,york72    
,the ,psychology of ,religion by        
,starbuck 7,scribner1 ,new ,york72      
,elements of ,sociology by ,giddings    
7,macmillan1 ,new ,york72 ,united       
,states ,census ,bulletin ,no4 #h       
7,washington1 ,d4 ,c472 ,proceedings of 
the ,religious ,education ,association  
7#aec ,la ,salle ,street1 ,chicago72    
,charities and ,commons 7#aec ,east     
#bbnd ,street1 ,new ,york72 ,u4 ,s4     
,census ,bulletin on ,religious ,bodies4
  ,again3 ,is it too much to urge those 
in charge of the training of our        
ministers to consider seriously the     
compelling need of so recasting the     

course of study that a higher grade of  
men shall be attracted to the ministry  
and that a thorough1 comprehensive1 yet 
practical1 training shall be given which
 shall fit men to preach the ,gospel of 
,christ with real meaning to men in the 
twentieth century8 ,we ought to stop    
putting the good new wine in old skins4 
,the hopeful sign is that there are     
picked men in seminary faculties1 in the
 pulpit1 and among laymen all over the  
country who are thinking about this most
 important question4 ,may these thinkers
 soon crystallize their thoughts in a   
forceful movement which shall ever bless
 the people4  ,after many years of      
observation and of contact with almost  
every class of men and some different   
races1 ,i come to the conclusion that   
there is nothing quite so interesting to
 the people as religion4 ,people will go
 in crowds to hear a man like ,gypsy    
,smith talk to them about their every   
day problems and will hear respectfully 
what ,jesus ,christ taught about these  

problems and their relations one with   
the other4 ,in no place in life does a  
man of parts have so large opportunity  
to wield a helpful influence with his   
fellowmen as in the ministry4 ,when we  
can show the great army of college men  
that they can be natural men1 real men1 
with natural voice and methods1 in the  
ministry1 when they can be made to      
understand that it is the man under the 
garb and not the garb which designates  
the real minister to men1 and that they 
have a chance and a right to go         
everywhere1 finding out the conditions  
of society1 touching it at its highest  
and at its lowest level1 and that they  
will be supported in their work1 morally
 and materially1 there will be a larger 
supply than we have to-day1 if not      
sufficient to meet the demands of the   
times4 ,i have not dealt in statistics4 
,this ,i leave for a future study4 ,i   
have been as one crying in the          
wilderness1 sounding the alarm1 calling 
attention to our most vital need1 to a  

problem which is worrying our best men4 
,i plead with ,christian parents to lay 
their promising sons on the ,master's   
altar1 and to the ,church and college ,i
 cry awake6 and behold ruin of home and 
country if you fail to lead many of the 
ablest and best of those under you into 
the ,master's service4  ,can we do      
better than carry away with us the words
 of the chief ,shepherd of the sheep1   
the ,master and ,teacher of men1 when he
 said3 ,pray ye1 therefore1 the ,lord of
 the harvest1 that ,he will send forth  
laborers into ,his harvest4