their claims on us—Manner—Temper—Simeon's patience—The Secret of the Presence

79   CHAPTER V. THE DAILY WALK WITH OTHERS (ii.). "Take heed unto thyself"—Relations with Woman—Christian chivalry—And Christian caution—Special difficulties—"Know thyself"—Celibacy—The Clergyman's Wife—The problem of means—The Clergyman and money—Pecuniary intemperance—Accurate accounts—Investment circulars—"Lay not up for yourselves" 101   CHAPTER VI. THE DAILY WALK WITH OTHERS (iii.). Curate and Incumbent—A Chancellor on Curates—The ideal Incumbent—No Incumbent perfect—And no parish perfectly content—Loyal watchfulness needed accordingly—The Curate's Party—"The lost grace, humility"—Subordination—Take sides against yourself—A letter to The Record on Curates' grievances. 123   CHAPTER VII. PASTOR IN PARISH (i.). A boundless subject—Visiting—All-important—Prepare for the round with prayer—Method—Brevity but not hurry—An example—Courtesy—It must be impartial—Visitation of the sick—Its special demands—Punctuality always a duty—Use of the Bible—The advantage of coming as "the Clergyman"—Mistaken for the undertaker—Come to the point—Lying in wait for the occasion—Happy rebukes to timid reticence 147   CHAPTER VIII. PASTOR IN PARISH (ii.). Teach as you go—Urgent need of teaching—About Christ—And the Holy Spirit—And Sacraments—Common mistakes about the teaching of the Church—Sin—Evidences—Recollections of a visiting round—The retired tradesman—The sceptical blacksmith—The invalid artizan—The civil-servant—The consumptive—The dying printer—The cripple—Aged poor saints—Saddening visits—Humbling memories—A bright conversion at eighty-two 173   CHAPTER IX. THE CLERGYMAN AND THE PRAYER BOOK. "As bad as inspired"—Imperfections in the Book—Yet it is priceless—Spirituality of the Prayer Book—What it takes for granted in the worshipper—A remarkable reason for secession—The Prayer Book as a weapon—Its Scripturality—Its compilers jealous for the Word of God—Ministerial use of the Prayer Book—Put yourself into it—We are not to preach the prayers—Yet we are to pray them—Reading of the Lessons—Baptism—Marriage—Burial—The Holy Communion—Reverence—Of what sort—Instruction-addresses on the Prayer Book—"Less worship" 201   CHAPTER X. PREACHING (i.). The Pulpit a central point in the Ministry—Mutual influence of "parish-work" and preaching—"Truth through personality"—Let us "labour in the Word"—"Litho Sermons"—Addison's village-parson and his sermons—Attractive preaching—Is a duty—Audibility—Of the right sort—Good English—Why to be cultivated—Mr Spurgeon's style—French hearers of an English preacher—Good effects on his style—"Written or extempore?"—Length—Action 225   CHAPTER XI. PREACHING (ii.). Further remarks on Attractiveness—And, in passing, on Ministerial Considerateness—This is to be practised in preaching—As well as in other functions—Attractiveness to be guarded by Faithfulness—Requisites to attractiveness—"Preach the Gospel earnestly, interestingly, fully"—Jesus Christ is the Gospel—Personal conviction the essence of Earnestness—"Matter-of-Fact"—Interest sustained by anecdote and illustration—But still more by intelligibility and practicality—Expository sermons—Fulness in the message—Jesus Christ for us—And in us—The Holy Spirit must work with the Word 249   CHAPTER XII. PREACHING (iii.). Notes from a Sermon-Lecture—On diction, arrangement, fidelity to the text, proportion of parts, accuracy—On statements about revelation, justification, faith, grace—A paper in The Churchman on Old Sermons—Be a preacher indeed, whatever be the fashion of the time—The Directory of 1645—Its instructions on "the Preaching of the Word"—Spiritual Power in Preaching—How sought and received—Farewell 273   Fordington Pulpit 301

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"What contradictions meet
In Ministers' employ!
It is a bitter sweet,
A sorrow full of joy;
No other post affords a place
For equal honour or disgrace"

Olney Hymns.

"The Interpreter had Christian into a private Room, and bid his Man open a Door; the which when he had done, Christian saw a Picture of a very grave Person hang up against the Wall, and this was the fashion of it: It had eyes lift up to Heaven, the best of Books was in its hand, the Law of Truth was written upon its lips, the World was behind his back; it stood as if it Pleaded with Men, and a Crown of gold did hang over its head."

Pilgrim's Progress.

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