Perils Of The Clergy

Professor Adler, who performs the dnties of the clerical ollice without claimtoz to bc a clerLyinan, ave au i n te ros tin g address recently 011 the perils to wliich the ministerial profession is exposed. Eaoh profession has itsown peculiar dansers, Every business has its special exposures. Professor Adler thinka the peculiar perils of the clery are, lirst, superslition - believing "without pvoof and believiu more than thcre are good roasoiw tbr ; second, iiisincerity - itsing the great ■vonls of faith without fllling them with great nic.'inings, saying ten when only one is thouht and lelt; third, seiisíitioiialisiii - iismg tne most pictorial languiijre and raoving rhetoric to créate an excitcineiit, instead of trajloy in;_í tlioni to tc'ich and Ilústrate importan tand healthful trntha ; fcrurth, ininiorality - fcvkin advantaue of the coiifidence reposed in the clerical character to gratil'y tlio passloiu ; fitth, hy. pocrisy - pretendisz to believe and feol wnat is noither tnoujht nor feit. These are strong points. Tliey are pcrils to whicli clcriivinen are more or less exposed, accordiug to peculiarities of toniperaincnts, orgsmzatitfn nuil training. It is a íood tbhig to have thfiin plainly pointcd out, that men who are phced ill tho position of anides to othen may not theinselves l'ull by the way nor mislead otucrs.