The Biblical Illustrator - Ecclesiastes 12:12
Ecclesiastes 12:12Of making many books there is no end.BooksIf true so many years before Christ, how much more true so many years a.d.! We so often see books, we have no appreciation of what a book is. It took all civilizations, all martyr fires, all battles, all victories, all defeats, all glooms, all brightness, all centuries to make one book possible. A book; the chorus of the ages; it is the drawing-room in which kings and queens, and philosophers and poets, and orators and rhetoricians... read more
The Biblical Illustrator - Ecclesiastes 12:11
Ecclesiastes 12:11The words of the wise are as goads.A wise preacher aims to move his hearersI. A wise preacher will aim to impress the minds of his hearers.1. Every wise preacher knows that unless he impresses the minds of his hearers, he can do them no good by his preaching. Hearers must feel what they hear, or what they hear will be like sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.2. Every wise preacher knows that his hearers will not feel the truth and importance of what he says unless he makes... read more