THE DILIGENT PREACHER

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 12, 1867

THE DILIGENT PREACHER.

“AND NOW I would ask a strange question—Who is the most diligent bishop and prelate in all England, that passes all the rest in doing his office! I can tell, for I know him who it is. I know him well. But now I think I see you listening and hearkening that I should name him. There is one that passeth all the other, and is the most diligent prelate and preacher in all England. And will you know who it is? I will tell you. It is the Devil. He is the most diligent preacher of all others. He is never from his cure. We shall never find him unoccupied. He is ever in his parish; he keepeth residence at all times. We shall never find him out of his way. Call for him when you will he is ever at home; the diligentest preacher in all the realm. He is ever at his plough. No lording or loitering can hinder him; he is ever plying his business. Ye shall never find him idle, I warrant you. All his office is to hinder religion, to maintain superstition, to set up idolatry, to teach all kinds of Popery. He is ready as can be wished for to set forth his plough to devise as many ways as can be to deface and obscure God’s glory.”—Latimer.