Book-00.3-Introduction

Introduction

THERE are books of sermons of diverse styles and characteristics. Some are logical, cold, and purely didactic. Others are inspirational and filled with warmth and color. Not a few are dry and tire­some. This book is of the inspirational and more distinctly popular type. It sparkles with humor, and is permeated through and through with the language of the Scriptures. It is a book which will lighten the burdens of the reader and which will give him renewed encouragement to pur­sue his daily tasks. The author needs no introduction at our hands. As a gifted speaker, a min­ister of rare sympathy and power, and a man who has climbed to the heights in his profession, he has won an enviable reputation throughout the American con­tinent and beyond. His work speaks for itself, and we are sure that it will prove appealing to a vast host of readers. The sermons in this book are all upon great themes. They touch the founda­tion principles and issues of life. No one is too learned to enjoy them or to profit by them, and no one is so unlettered as to be unable to grasp their practical import and meaning. The wealth of illustration by which the lessons contained in the book are enforced, is in itself a rare ele­ment of charm. Best of all, these ser­mons are thoroughly loyal to the great basic truths of our common faith.

It is a genuine pleasure to stand in the gateway and to commend such a vol­ume to the thoughtful attention of its readers. Frederick D, Kershner,