For instance, in the name of “pulpit freedom” or of “necessary showmanship,” some ministers have, frankly, become publicity seekers. The minister who thus breaks a thousand years of pulpit tradition (and this can be done in a thousand ways) may receive “two columns” notice in all the papers and be flattered as one “free from ancient shackles”; but wisdom tells us to await the final fruits of this person’s life and acts. This is not to plead for a narrow-grooved ministry, nor for conformity to traditionalism