Oct 17, 2026 · 1 hr 25 min · 22 segments
"On Subjects Connected with the Christian Ministry" by Richard Cecil delves into the essential themes and challenges faced by those in Christian ministry. Cecil's insights into faith, duty, and the…
On a minister's qualifying himself for his office.
When a young minister sets out, he should sit down and ask himself how he may best qualify himself for his office.
How does a physician qualify himself? It is not enough that he offers to feel the pulse.
He must read and inquire and observe and make experiments and correct himself again and again.
He must lay in a stock of medical knowledge before he begins to feel the pulse.
The minister is a physician of a far higher order.
He has a vast field before him.
He has to study an infinite variety of constitutions.
He is to furnish himself with the knowledge of the whole system of remedies.
He is to be a man of skill and expedient.
If one thing fail, he must know how to apply another.
Many intricate and perplexed cases will come before him.
It will be disgraceful to him not to be prepared for such.
His patients will put many questions to him.
It will be disgraceful to him not to be prepared to answer them.
He is a merchant embarking in extensive concerns.
A little ready money in the pocket will not answer the demands that will be made upon him.
Some of us seem to think it will, but they are grossly deceived.
There must be a well-furnished account at the bankers, but it is not all gold that glitters.
A young minister must learn to separate and select his materials.
A man who talks to himself will find out what suits the heart of man.
Some things respond.
They ring again.
Nothing of this nature is lost on mankind.
It is worth its weight in gold for the service of a minister.
On a minister's qualifying himself for his office.
When a young minister sets out, he should sit down and ask himself how he may best qualify himself for his office.
How does a physician qualify himself? It is not enough that he offers to feel the pulse.
He must read and inquire and observe and make experiments and correct himself again and again.
He must lay in a stock of medical knowledge before he begins to feel the pulse.
The minister is a physician of a far higher order.
He has a vast field before him.
He has to study an infinite variety of constitutions.
He is to furnish himself with the knowledge of the whole system of remedies.
He is to be a man of skill and expedient.
If one thing fail, he must know how to apply another.
Many intricate and perplexed cases will come before him.
It will be disgraceful to him not to be prepared for such.
His patients will put many questions to him.
It will be disgraceful to him not to be prepared to answer them.
He is a merchant embarking in extensive concerns.
A little ready money in the pocket will not answer the demands that will be made upon him.
Some of us seem to think it will, but they are grossly deceived.
There must be a well-furnished account at the bankers, but it is not all gold that glitters.
A young minister must learn to separate and select his materials.
A man who talks to himself will find out what suits the heart of man.
Some things respond.
They ring again.
Nothing of this nature is lost on mankind.
It is worth its weight in gold for the service of a minister.
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