If we love a person, we won’t be pointing out his failings all the time. It is said: Many rules of eloquence have been set forth, but, strange, to say, the first and most essential of all has been overlooked, namely, love. To address people fittingly they must be loved much. Whatever they may be, be they ever so guilty, or indifferent, or ungrateful, or however deeply sunk in crime, before all, and above all, they must be loved. Love is the sap of the gospel, the secret of lively and effectual preaching, the power of eloquence. The goal of preaching is to reclaim the hearts of men for God, and
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