God gave me this great book to preach from, and if He has put anything in it you think is not fit, go and complain to Him, not to me. I am simply his servant, and if His errand that I am to tell is objectionable, I cannot help it.
The character as well as the fortunes of the gospel is committed to the preacher. He makes or mars the message from God to man. The preacher is the golden pipe through which the divine oil flows.
We do not condemn the preachers as an individual but we condemn what they teach. We urge that the preachers teach the truth, to teach our people the one important guiding rule of conduct - unity of purpose.
We cannot play at preaching. We preach for eternity.
The pulpit is a clergyman's parade; the parish is his field of active service.
When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it's done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human.
Always carry with you into the pulpit a sense of the immense consequences which may depend on your full and faithful presentation of the truth.
