THE MINISTRY AS A LIFE WORK

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
NEW YORK • BOSTON CHICAGO DALLAS

ATLANTA SAN FRANCISCO

MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED
LONDON BOMBAY CALCUTTA
MELBOURNE

THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD.

TORONTO

A LIFE WORK

BY

REV. ROBERT LEE WEBB, S. T. M.

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY,

THE NORTHERN BAPTIST EDUCATION SOCIETY

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

1922

All rights reserved

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

ANDORER HARVARD
CAL LIBA;

Hav.18.1722
H49,235

COPYRIGHT, 1922,

BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.

Set up and electrotyped. Published September, 1922.

BROWN BROTHERS, LINOTYPERS

NEW YORK

CONTENTS

I. THE PROBLEM OF THE MINISTRY

II. THE DISCOURAGEMENTS TO THE MINISTRY

III. THE CALL TO THE MINISTRY

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IV. THE CANDIDATE FOR THE MINISTRY

V. THE TRAINING FOR THE MINISTRY

VI. THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MINISTRY

VII. THE ATTRACTIONS OF THE MINISTRY

VIII. THE REWARDS OF THE MINISTRY

IX. THE PERMANENCY OF THE MINISTRY