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title: 'William S. White on Sympathy For Your Pastor'
type: post
author: 'R. Andrew Myers'
date: 2025-07-30
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2025-william-s-white-on-sympathy-for-your-pastor
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# William S. White on Sympathy For Your Pastor

“Ministers, as Christian men, suffer pains and penalties. Many of them hear very little preaching, have but little time for devotional reading, see very little of each other, and have no one this side of heaven to overlook, counsel and console them. The humble and prayerful Christian who loves his pastor, and prizes his ministrations and his visits, should be reminded, that that pastor has no pastor on all this earth. If light and comfort come not to him from above, he walks in darkness, and is, of all men, most miserable….

But, bear with his imperfections, help his infirmities. Do as you vowed unto God you would do, when you made him your pastor, ‘encourage and assist him in his arduous labors’ — and above all PRAY FOR HIM.” — [**William S. White**](/authors/williams-spotswood-white), *A Plea For Sympathy in Behalf of the Ministry* (n.d.)