Life and labors of Charles HSpurgeon: the faithful preacher, the devoted pastor, the noble philanthropist, the beloved college president, and the voluminous writer, author, etc., etc. . h awry, —You d be glad, and so would I. BEWARE OF THE DOG! John Ploughman did not in his first book weary his friends bypreaching; but in this one he makes bold to try his hand at a ser-mon, and hopes he will be excused if it should prove to be only aploughmans preachment. If this were a regular sermon, — preached from a pulpit, ofcourse, — I should make it long and dismal, like a winters night. JOHN PLOUGHMANS
Life and labors of Charles HSpurgeon: the faithful preacher, the devoted pastor, the noble philanthropist, the beloved college president, and the voluminous writer, author, etc., etc. . h awry, —You d be glad, and so would I. BEWARE OF THE DOG! John Ploughman did not in his first book weary his friends bypreaching; but in this one he makes bold to try his hand at a ser-mon, and hopes he will be excused if it should prove to be only aploughmans preachment. If this were a regular sermon, — preached from a pulpit, ofcourse, — I should make it long and dismal, like a winters night. JOHN PLOUGHMANS TALK AND PICTURES. 425 for fear people should call me eccentric. As it is only meant tobe read at home, I will make it short, though it will not be sweet,for I have not a sweet subject. The text is one which has a greatdeal of meaning in it, and is to be read on many a wall. Bewareof the Dog! You know what dogs are, and you know how youbeware of them when a bull-dog flies at you to the full length ofhis chain; so the words dont want any clearing up. It is very odd that the Bible never says a good word for dogs:I suppose the breed must have been bad in those eastern parts,. or else, as our minister tells me, they were nearly wild, had nomaster in particular, and were left to prowl about half doubt a dog is very like a man, and. becomes a sad dog whenhe has himself for a master. We are all the better for havingsomebody to look up to; and those who say they care for nobodyand nobody cares for them, are dogs of the worst breed, and, for acertain reason, are never likely to be drowned. Dear friends, I shall have heads and tails like other parsons, andI am sure I have a right to them, for they are found in the subjectsbefore us. 426 LIFE AND LABORS OF C. H. SPURGEON. Firstly, let us beware of a dirty dog, — or, as the grand old Bookcalls them, evil workers, — those who love filth and roll in dogs will spoil your clothes, and make you as foul as them-sel
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