Illustrations in Preaching

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jun 15, 1904

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 30, No. 24.

Illustrations in Preaching.

—The Christian Advocate points out the danger of illustrations leading astray from the truth, and gives this instance: “You know you plant roses in the sunshine, and heliotrope and geraniums, but if you want your fuchsias to grow you must keep them in a shady nook.” After the sermon a woman came up to him with her face beaming with pleasure, ‘O, I am so grateful for that sermon,’ she said, clasping his hand and shaking it warmly. His heart glowed for a moment—only for a moment, tho. ‘Yes,’ she went on fervently, ‘I never knew before what was the matter with my fuchsias.’ Let the illustration be secondary to the truth to be applied or enforced.