Word: impression
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...pastor should not act alone, but, as much as possible, with the consent of those associated with him. Lay opinion is needed to modify clerical action. In dealing with individual souls, he must always impress the truth that to be a Christian is to join in working for God and for men. He should be the president of a body of associated workers, whom he trains and trusts. He should, with his associates, endeavor to instil the Christian spirit into every social organism, such especially as the family and the press, not trying to dominate but to inspire them...