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...