When Le Tourneau preached the Lent sermon at St. Benoit, at Paris, Louis XIV. enquired of Boileau, 'if he knew anything of a preacher called Le Tourneau, whom everybody was running after?' 'Sire,' replied the poet, 'your Majesty knows that people always run after novelties; this man preaches the gospel.' Boileau's remark as to the novelty of preaching the gospel in his time, brings to mind the candid confession of a Flemish preacher, who, in a sermon delivered before an audience wholly of his own order, said, 'We are worse than Judas; he sold and delivered his Master, we sell him too, but deliver him not.'
A compilation of illustrations from the observations of Charles Spurgeon, one of the greatest preachers ever to fill the pulpit. These illustration were collected by Spurgeon over the course of his ministry and servers today to give greater insight into his thinking.Wikipedia
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