SOCIAL DEVOTIONAL MEETINGS 1. Prayer-meetings; 2. The covenant-meeting; 3. The inquiry-meeting; 4. Meeting for examination of candidates for the church; 5. Meeting for the officers of the church; 6. Church meetings for business. +SECTION V.+ ADMINISTRATION OF ORDINANCES Preparatory instruction; Administration--1. Of Baptism; 2. Of the Lord's Supper. +SECTION VI.+ THE PASTOR AND THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL Interest in Sunday-school essential to pastoral success; Methods of pastoral work in the school. +SECTION VII.+ PASTORAL VISITATION The duty of visitation: 1. Its limits; 2. The method; 3. Its advantages; 4. The visitation of the sick. +SECTION VIII.+ REVIVALS OF RELIGION Nature, sphere, and necessity of revivals; Methods of promoting them; Evils to be avoided. +SECTION IX.+ CULTIVATION OF SOCIAL LIFE IN THE CONGREGATION Necessity of pastoral direction of social life; Suggestions as to methods. +SECTION X.+ THE PASTOR AS AN ORGANIZER Importance of organizing power; Necessity of the study of the people; Methods of organization; Development of intellectual gifts and stimulus to higher education; Development of gifts for the ministry. +SECTION XI.+ FUNERAL SERVICES Necessity of simplicity and brevity; Eulogies of the dead to be avoided; Subject-matter of funeral address; Services at the grave; Attentions to the bereaved. +SECTION XII.+ CULTIVATION OF THE MISSIONARY SPIRIT Importance of the missionary spirit; Methods of promoting it: 1. Regular missionary contribution; 2. Stated missionary sermons; 3. The monthly concert. +SECTION XIII.+ THE PULPIT AND THE PRESS The press made to subserve the pulpit.--1. By a religious newspaper in every family; 2. By the circulation of books and tracts; 3. By the education of the judgment and sentiment of the people. +SECTION XIV.+ RELATIONS TO OTHER DENOMINATIONS 1. Cultivation of friendly intercourse; 2. Mutual recognition of sincerity of character and intention; 3. Occasional exchange of pulpits; Union meetings. +SECTION XV.+ CHANGE OF FIELD 1. Evils of change; 2. Inadequate causes of change; 3. Valid reasons for change. +SECTION XVI.+ MINISTERS NOT IN THE PASTORAL OFFICE _First, Evangelists:_ 1. Foreign missionaries; 2. Home missionaries; 3. Revivalists. _Second: Teachers._ _Third: Licentiates._ +SECTION XVII.+ PASTORAL STUDY 1. The Method; 2. The Subjects: (1.) General Culture; (2.) Biblical and Theological Culture; (3.) Sermon Preparation. +SECTION XVIII.+ PASTORAL RESPONSIBILITY What it includes; Limitations of it. +SECTION XIX.+ THE PASTOR'S OUTER LIFE 1. Business Relations; 2. Political Relations; 3. Social Character; 4. Personal Habits. +SECTION XX.+