Herbert's 'Country Parson

Abstract

"It is the deajre of the editor that the FRATERNAL shall include a decided devotional relement. The parson's own piety must not be overloqked. No one needs a holy minister more than the ·)niniater himself. Personal sanctity and a spiritual poi•.of soul are essential factors in successful pastoral work, and the culture of these qualities is important to us -all The aim of the present. brief article is not so much the imparting of information as the creation of a temper of mind and heart-the inducing of a devout spirit ; and the attempt is made by calling attention to a gracious, but much forgotten, book, George Herbert's "Country Parson""