Temporal Versus Eternal Interests
As death may happen any day, it is certainly wise to be prepared for it every day. So men make their wills; but, so, alas, they don’t mind their souls! This ye should have done,
Thoghts
A Sad Example of Procrastination
A man told me the following story, which I have never forgotten. “When I left home my mother gave me this text: “Seek first the kingdom of God.” But I paid no heed to it.
Danger of Delay
Do any of you remember the loss of the vessel called the “Central America?” She was in a bad state, had sprung a leak and was going down, and she therefore hoisted a signal of
Shame, Pride, or Fear
Hungry souls go up and down, to and fro, before Christ’s table, when there is bread that will cause that hunger to cease forever, and water that is drawn from the river coming from God’s
Practical Preaching
A mistake is often made about this matter of practical preaching. If a man denounce the iniquities of his day, he is thought to be a practical preacher. To a certain extent he is entitled
Dishonoring The Bible
It is indeed pitiable, something quite absurdly vain to hear a certain kind of people making out by lame violence, which they mistake for forcible reasoning, that the Bible is an old-world book, a rag
The Apostolic Idea of Preaching
The apostolic idea of preaching was the secret of the power of the first Christian Church for many hundred years. It is historically true that Christianity did not in its beginning succeed by the force
Experimental Preaching
There is no such preaching as the experience which a man gives who has just realized the sinfulness of his own soul. I often hear myself outpreached by some new convert who can hardly put
Learning How to Preach
If it is your duty, go to preaching the gospel. How shall you learn to preach? Just as the carpenter learns how to be a carpenter. Does he sit down and study books about tools,
Illustrative Preaching
Illustrative preaching is intended as well for the unlearned as the learned, for converting the unlettered poor, whose souls are as precious in God’s sight as those of philosophers or kings. An humble woman well