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Church review . ou, as oneold lady said of her minister, that hewas invisible all the week and incom-prehensible on Sundays. Shim all affection on the platform,and mind you never get into the goody-goody style. One of this sort said, Iwas reading this morning in dearHebrews. Mind the theme of your discoursesuits yourself. A beardlses boy shouldnot preach from, I have been youngand now am old. Be careful of your emphasis. Oneread, He spake to his sons, saying,Saddle me the ass; and they saddledhim. Dont imitate the peculiarities ofgreat preachers. Thomas Binney usedto puil his thoughts out of t
Church review . ou, as oneold lady said of her minister, that hewas invisible all the week and incom-prehensible on Sundays. Shim all affection on the platform,and mind you never get into the goody-goody style. One of this sort said, Iwas reading this morning in dearHebrews. Mind the theme of your discoursesuits yourself. A beardlses boy shouldnot preach from, I have been youngand now am old. Be careful of your emphasis. Oneread, He spake to his sons, saying,Saddle me the ass; and they saddledhim. Dont imitate the peculiarities ofgreat preachers. Thomas Binney usedto puil his thoughts out of the palmof his left hand with two fingers, andvery wonderful thoughts they oftenwere. The students of New College,who often heard him, used to try thesame dodge, but most of them foundthe palm of their hand had nothingin it, so they looked rather ridiculous. Keep from wandering in your dis-course. I am wandering in my mind, saidone. Well, said a friend, you wonthave far to go.—C. E. World. 14 THE CHURCH CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR PRAYER MEETING TOPICS.(From the Presbyterian C. E. Manual.) Seotember 9.—Our Simple 17: 7-10. TOPIC THOUGHTS. Desire and duty become one wegrow in grace. Duty is simplest to the sincere. Only the dutiful deserve delight. The great soul is that which fearsnot -o follow duty anywhere. Doing ones duty is the only heroism. When duty is put first all of lifefalls into order after it. God never hides duty from a seekingsoul. Duty is most difficult when we areafraid of it. Duty is the only possible expressionof love. We are true to God when we are trueto duty. Dutiec enlarge in the doing. By doing little duties well we arefitted for large duties. September 1(5.—The Broad Way; theNarrow Way.—Matt. 7: 13, 14. TOPIC THOUGHTS. The broadest life may be lived inthe narrow way. The proof of every path is its end. We may know in which way we walkby the company we keep. The broad way narrows life. The broad way is short. Gods words are guideposts
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