nly know. Every preacher should own, read,
and ponder the following books and extend his reading as he may see fit:
"The Social Crisis" by Rauschenbusch (published by Macmillan, New York);
"The Social Message of the Modern Pulpit" by Brown (Scribner, New York);
"The Religion of a Mature Mind" and "The Spiritual Life" by Coe (Revell,
New York); "The Psychology of Religion" by Starbuck (Scribner, New York);
"Elements of Sociology" by Giddings (Macmillan, New York); "United States
Census Bulletin No. 8" (Washington, D. C.); "Proceedings of the Religious
Education Association" (153 La Salle Street, Chicago); "Charities and
Commons" (153 East 22nd Street, New York); "U. S. Census Bulletin on
Religious Bodies."

Again: 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 thorough, comprehensive, yet practical, training shall
be given which shall fit men to preach the Gospel of Christ with real
meaning to men in the twentieth century? We ought to stop putting the good
new wine in old skins. The hopeful sign is that there are picked men in
seminary faculties, in the pulpit, and among laymen all over the country
who are thinking about this most important question. May these thinkers
soon crystallize their thoughts in a forceful movement which shall ever
bless the people.

After many years of observation and of contact with almost every class of
men and some different races, I come to the conclusion that there is
nothing quite so interesting to the people as religion. 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 other. 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 ministry. When we can show the great army of
college men that they can be natural men, real men, with natural voice and
methods, in the ministry, 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 men, and that they have a chance and a right to go everywhere, finding
out the conditions of society, touching it at its highest and at its
lowest level, and that they will be supported in their work, m