The Great Themes of Revelation
By S. Graves
The pulpit to be strong must deal largely in the great themes of revelation. Too many pulpits in our day seem to spend their strength upon what we might call the side issues of the gospel, and seldom touch those great, inspiring and commanding themes which lift themselves from the pages of the Bible like the white peaks of the Alps, belittleing all the low-lying, out-lying ranges at their feet. Sin, holiness, regeneration, retribution, judgment, heaven, hell, the resurrection of the dead, the coming of Christ; there is a mighty, massive, compelling power in these themes when handled with the earnestness which they deserve, that no man, no congregation, can fail to feel. And no pulpit can be strong that does not buttress itself with those eternal, awe inspiring verities.—Rev. S. Graves.