Religion: Emily Post for Pastors

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The Bachelor as a clergyman leaves Dr. Schuette "at a loss." Many church members are loath to approach a bachelor for marital advice. And as a preacher of God's Word and God's ways, he must repeatedly extol the beautiful tenderness of the marital relation and of home life. How can he do this unembarrassed when he, by eschewing the one, makes the other impossible for himself?"

The Raise in his stipend that almost every minister needs had best be brought squarely before the officers of his parish, or before their chief officer: "This had best not be the treasurer. Church treasurers are, I would prefer not to feel I have to say it, very often not so willing to part with funds as to receive and hold them."

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