Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Decently and in Order: Pastoral Suggestions in Matters Official and Personal
The memory of my college and seminary days convinces me that the student attains far better results by following a text book than by merely taking notes upon lectures in class-rooms. There is a tendency at present, possibly arising out of the craze for original research, impelling teachers in all higher educational departments to waive the use of text-books, and to write their own lectures, com pelling the students to the drudgery of taking such copious notes in the class-rooms that all are sure to miss something, and many are sure to miss a great deal. Endeavoring to find a text-book for my classes in Pastoral Theology, for eight years I have sought out and read many books upon subjects involved in that department. Most of them - the best of them -dwell chiefly upon the all-important theme of the spiritual equipment of a minister of Christ. Others follow the rubrics of the Prayer Book offices, and give a vast amount of valuable suggestion and inspiration. Others, still, are ruminative, alive with interesting biographical material. Most of the books are written from an English point of view, and do not fit closely into the exigencies of Ameri can pastoral experience. I have been constrained, therefore, to issue this volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
