“The most intelligent hearers are those who enjoy most heartily the simplest preaching. It is not they who clamor for superlatively intellectual or aesthetic sermons. Daniel Webster used to complain of some of the preaching to which he listened. "In the house of God" he wanted to meditate "upon the simple varieties, and the undoubted facts of religion;" not upon mysteries and abstractions.” FactsWantedUsedHouseEnjoySimpleMysteryIntellectualIntelligentComplainingVarietyAestheticPreachingAbstractionSimplestSermonsClamorHouse Of God Book:Men and Books: Or Studies in Homiletics; Lectures Introductory to The Theory of Preaching Source: Men and Books: Or Studies in Homiletics; Lectures Introductory to The Theory of Preaching
“Prayer is the preface to the book of Christian living; the text of the new life sermon; the girding on of the armor for battle; the pilgrim's preparation for his journey. It must be supplemented by action or it amounts to nothing.” BookActionChristianReligionPrayerJourneyAmountBattlePreparationChristian LivingNew LifeSermonsArmorPilgrim Author:Austin Phelps
