The Pulpit in the Past and Now (2)

A short time ago we compared the content of the preaching from our pulpits in the past and now. There are still a few details that should be mentioned. As I ask around among our older folk about the difference in the preaching then and now the common remark is made, that the preaching is far more posi­tive now than in the past. For some time after 1924 the preaching was negative in the sense that the con­troversy was still fresh in the minds of the preacher and the pew. Much time was devoted...