the Lord's chore boy...

What are the qualities of a great minister (or any church worker?) Over the next few days some excerpts from  the "Memoir of Samuel J. May" which provide a pretty good blueprint...

"Mr. A. B. Alcott was once at Syracuse when Mr. May was engaged from morning until night in errands of mercy, — visiting the sick, burying the dead, helping fugitive slaves and canal boys, and prisoners who wished to reform. When he reached home at evening, and was drawing off the boots from his weary feet, Mr. Alcott said : " I have found a new name for you. You are the Lord's chore boy. You do the Lord's chores."

Blessings