The Joy of the Ministry (1)

By personal experience and by observation, I know that there are times in the life of a minister of the Word -- and especially in the life of a youthful and new and inexperienced minister of the Word -- when his outlook tends to become gloomy, when his attitude becomes pessimistic, when his spirit becomes dejected, and when his zeal for the cause and for the labor wanes. Mr. Chairman, Graduate Moore, Members of the Theological School Committee, Fathers and Brethren of the Synod, and Brethren...