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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 24, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 43.

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First-Hand Experience

The minister of Christ must obtain a direct and personal experience in the things of God if he would help others. Speaking of this, Dr. W. F. Gunsaulus says in the Advance of Oct. 10, 1912:—
And this is the message which I want to give to the pastors of the day. Preachers must experience the truth which they proclaim. They can not go into their studies and hunt truths or ideas out of books, and then go and proclaim them second-hand to their people, and expect great results. Experience can not be borrowed, and without it a sermon is only a second-hand affair. We can not have renewed strength in the pulpit until we have men who have realized in themselves the value of what they are proclaiming. I do not say that we do not already have many such men, but what I say is that we must have more of them and more of it.