Why Congregations Find Long Sermons Tiresome
GUESS we have found out the reason in part, says the Recorder, why there is such a wonderful demand for short sermons. The way service is conducted now-a-days, the people are sung at, read to, preached for, and prayed over, while they have nothing at all to do in the case but to listen. Even pine seats without cushions get harder the longer you have to sit on them. If congregations could only be induced to relapse a little into the old-fashioned way of worshiping God, such as standing up and helping to sing, kneeling down to pray, and saying “amen” occasionally—at the right time—we incline to the opinion that it would help shorten the sermon.—Golden Censer.