imself intellectually as well as spiritually for the great work of the
ministry, and when prepared that he will enter into the field which is
white and ready and waiting for the reaper.

Possibly the Church has no larger opportunity for advancing the Lord's
kingdom than in just this phase of service. Sometimes a narrow-minded
minister is to blame. He fails to encourage the promising young man for
fear some day he will come back as a rival too much for him. I wish it
were possible to utter these words with sufficient emphasis to arouse many
of our dormant, sleeping churches to a sense of their duty.

One organization in our colleges has the largest opportunity over any
other to help furnish an increased supply from our college men, and that
is the Student Department of the Young Men's Christian Association.
Already the leader of this Department, Mr. John R. Mott, has written a
book, "The Future Leadership of the Church," published by the
International Committee, 124 East 28th Street, New York. In this volume
Mr. Mott takes up this whole question of the supply of leaders in our
churches. Though a layman himself, for some years, he has been lecturing
in the leading colleges of our land and calling the strong men (as only a
true leader can call men) to consider the calling of the ministry, facing
squarely all of the difficulties connected therewith, problems of faith,
problems of training, and the problem of support, which is entirely too
meagre to-day; but with a strong purpose he has been making an effort to
lead some of the best and ablest men into this, the highest of all
callings. The same thing is being done in many of our colored colleges by
our colored International Secretaries; some time during the year the claim
of the ministry is presented to the students. We feel sure that in due
time results will be seen. Capable ministers among us and college
professors also need covet the opportunity, in a larger way than they have
been doing, to appear before bodies of students, to mingle with them, to
impress them with the importance of at least considering this calling, in
order that we may get the supply which is so greatly needed.

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 conferences, and in many cases
not a single candidate applies in a single year; and when they do,
oftentim