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of his people, and at the bedside of the sick, and his words have all the greater weigiit when he talks in private to one whom he wishes to impress with the truth. Not unfrequently the remark may be heard, " Our minister is a good man, but ." His peo- ple love him and^ — pity him, not love him and honor him. Such a man's influence will not be very ex- tensive. Be sure, therefore, that you take all neces- sary time to prepare for the pulpit. Keep up your habits of study. Give your forenoons to this work, unless unavoidably hindered. Let your people know that you desire the first half of every day to be uninterrupted, and they will respect your wishes. The afternoons will ordinarily be sufficient for pas- toral work. Your congregation must be widely scattered indeed, if it is often necessary for you to leave home in the forenoon. Do not confine your reading to the subjects on which you are preparing a sermon. Your reading should take a much wider range and be much in advance of the subject to be discussed the next Sabbath. Never preach on a sub- ject you do not fully understand. Never commence to write a sermon on a subject until you have care- fully studied it and mastered it. I have found it work well to select my subjects weeks in advance, and to keep working them up ahead, so that when I come to prepare a sermon for the next Sabbatli the