The Pastor: His Qualifications and Duties

A seminary professor provides practical instruction for those preparing for pastoral ministry, arguing for a genuine divine call and listing qualifications for settlement and ordination. He details public worship practices, sermon types and preparation, administration of baptism and the Lord’s Supper, and leading social devotional and revival meetings. The volume also addresses pastoral visitation, Sunday-school leadership, congregational organization, funerals, missionary promotion, relations with other denominations, change of field, and roles outside the parish. It concludes with guidance on study habits, professional conduct, pastoral responsibility, and the cultivation of inner spiritual life.