Classic Re-post from 2005
Here is an interesting quote from J. H. Jowett’s Yale Lectures on Preaching, “The Preacher, His Life and Work.” I read this Saturday night while preparing my heart for the pulpit: Andrew Bonar wrote in his journal… “By the grace of God and the strength of His Holy Spirit I desire to lay down the rule not to speak to man until I have spoken to God: not to do anything with my hand until I have been upon my knees: not to read letters or papers until I have read something of the Holy Scriptures…”
Jowett also included this quote from Bonar’s journal: “In prayer in the wood for some time, having set apart three hours for devotion: felt drawn out much to pray for that peculiar fragrance which believers have about them, who are very much in fellowship with God.”
