Your Pastor and Mine
If he is young he lacks experience; if his hair is gray he is too old. If he has five or six children he has too many; if he has none he is setting a bad example. If he speaks from notes he has canned sermons and is dry; if he is extemporaneous he is not deep. If he is attentive to the poor he is playing to the grandstand; if to the wealthy he is trying to be an aristocrat. If he uses too many illustrations he neglects the Bible; if not enough he is not clear. If he condemns wrong hes...
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