The Gospel Versus Dry Sermons
By Editor
A Massachusetts pastor is reported to have said: "I do not blame the working people for not going to church. A baseball game or a walk in the woods is far more beneficial to most manual laborers than an hour in a stuffy old church, listening to the average dry-as-dust sermon." But why should the average sermon be "dry as dust"? There is so much of great eternal truth in the word of God that the minister can continually bring forth gems from its great treasure-house. Those gems of truth give something to the laboring man, as well as to every other individual, that is far more satisfying than the mere playing of baseball or any other games. Games may amuse and entertain for the present time, but the gospel minister has a work of winning souls for the joys of immortality. Every individual knows that this life must soon come to an end, and there is nothing either dry or uninteresting about seeking to lead men into that preparation of life that will fit them to live eternally.