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pects the people to pay any atten tion to w hat he is saying?” Come Down to th e People The following item from the P ath finder has in it some points of value ¡o the preacher: “ Sticklers for ‘fine English’ are criticizing P resid en t H arding’s lan guage on the ground th a t it is too plain and clear; language, they say, should leave something to th e imagi nation. I t is tru e th a t many people conceive th a t the object of language is to conceal thought, hu t at th e present tim e it is gratifying to find officials in control of affairs who can use English which everyone, both here and a h ra ^ l, can understand. Clearness and plain ness of language is a good fault. Cryptic pronouncements which people may con stru e in many different ways may tickle th e fancy of the high-hrowed litera- rians, bu t for th e everyday people who do th e work of the world everyday lan guage is b etter.” W indjammers “ I hate anything th a t occupies more space th an it is worth. I h ate to see a load of bandboxes go along the street, and I hate to see a parcel of big words w ithout anything in them ,” said Haz- lett. The quotation aptly characterizes a g reat deal of preaching th a t is heard today. Mr. P reacher, look your ser mon over and he sure it contains the real m eat of the Word of God for hungry h earts, before you preach it. Sensible H ints fo r Christian W orkers Never act on impulse, bu t sleep on both your plans and troubles. Counsel comes in th e morning. F rom tim e to time, even when well—- go ap a rt and rest awhile— make a break. Be content to make m istakes, but • don’t be content w ith your mistakes. Again, in your work generally, al ways conduct it knowing th a t all de-
4. The example of giving—“Jesus Christ (chap. 8 :9 ). 5. The extent of giving—According to ability (chap. 8 :1 2 ). 6. The way of giving— Cheerfully (chap. 9 :7 ). 7. The resu lt of giving— God is glori fied; others are g r a te fu l.(chap. 9: 11-13). 8. Give “ as th e Lord has prospered.” Keep a ledger w ith God. Have somewhere a store not your own bu t His, and make up your ac counts regularly.-—Hindley. SHI ¿Vt. PULPIT POINTERS Delivery Counts “How is it,” said a preacher to a baseball pitcher, “ th a t you make $7, 000 a year doing th at, and I get only $1,000 preaching the Gospel?” “Oh,” said th e pitcher, “ the difference is in th e delivery.” Those P u lp it Tones “ Preach w ith th e n atu ra l voice which God gave you,” says Dr. Biederwolf. “ I t’s a strange thing th a t so many preachers th ink they must have one tone of voice in the pulpit and another tone outside of it. You know th e re is such a thing as a preacher’s tone, and many a preacher seems to th ink it is one of the main essentials of success, hu t a th ing of th a t kind is about as much use to a preacher as a pair of sto rk ’s legs is to a sitting hen. “I f a preacher went into a store and asked for a gallon of coal-oil in the same tone of voice th a t he lines out a hymn or reads th e Scripture they would th ink he needed an operation above his eyes. W hat’s the use of an nouncing w ith a hark-from-the-tomb-ra doleful-sound so rt of voice th a t th e Ladies’ Home Missionary Society will meet next Thursday afternoon a t the home of Mrs. Jonathan Snyder? And where’s the sense of th e pious whine we so often hear, if the preacher ex
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