2. _If different fields offer, that is ordinarily to be preferred which affords the highest incentives to exertion and the widest room for expansion._ Few things are more chilling to a young man than to find his church hemmed in, with no possibilities of future growth. This is often the fact in old and decaying communities overcrowded with churches. Seek, therefore, not so much an old church or a large salary as a center where population is gathering, so that the field will grow with your growth. This was the Apostles' plan. They went where the people were, and gave their lives to the work where the largest numbers could be reached. Still, duty may call to a field where these elements do not exist. In that case, do not fear. A man's gift, faithfully used, will make room for him. In any field it will take time to grow so as to fill it, and the experience will be valuable; and when one has grown to the full measure of his field, and is still advancing in power, other and wider fields will be sure to open before him. 3. _The call should ordinarily be unanimous, at least so far as to ensure that no important influences are opposed to it._ On this account sufficient time, if possible, should be spent with the church to study carefully the elements of which it is composed and form an intelligent judgment of its characteristics and tendencies. Many mistakes might be avoided by care to secure a thorough acquaintance between the candidate and the people before a call is accepted--mistakes which are sometimes most unfortunate alike to the minister, in rendering his pastorate a failure and embarrassing him in forming another relation; and to the church, in hindering their union and weakening their effectiveness. TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: This next point includes the word "niggardly," which is a fine word, meaning "stingy," "grasping," or "miserly," but, to those who are unfamiliar with the word or who are not paying strict attention, it can sound like a racial slur. When presenting this material, please strongly consider the substitution of a synonym.