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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Sep 14, 1888

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 14, No. 36.

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A Sensational Sermon Topic

By Editor

"How to Treat Your Brother-in-law," was announced as the subject of the discourse at one of the Oakland churches last Sunday evening. No doubt the preacher who selected that sensational topic would say that his discourse was a "practical" one; but we cannot imagine what connection it has with the gospel. Many ministers act as though their hearers were all converted, and sure of Heaven, and that all they have to do is to amuse them on the passage.