W.I. Smith

By W.I. Smith

Articles by W.I. Smith

Interest in Absent Members

September 1932

It has been my privilege on two occasions, separated by an interval of about two years, to visit the little church in ———. Being impressed on the occasion of my second visit by the greatly increased membership, the cordially enthusiastic…

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Ministers and Manners

November 1932

As a body, ministers comprise the best group of men living on the earth, yet  as individuals many of them fail to please generally and to produce effec­tively because they do not demand of themselves the best in…

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Better Pulpit Manners

May 1933

A well-known minister has written: "Let a preacher be endued with ten virtues and but one fault, yet this one fault will eclipse and darken all his virtues and gifts." Recog­nizing the truth of these words, some of our efforts to improve…

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