Five Minutes with the Boys' and Girls' Congregation (Classic Reprint)

By William Henry Walker

Excerpt from Five Minutes With the Boys' and Girls' Congregation

Ver thirty, years ago, on first having a 0 regular preaching charge, I adopted the practise of addressing the boys and girls of my congregation for five or ten minutes before the hymn preceding the usual sermon. I cannot now be sure whence came the idea, but it is prob able that it was from the knowledge of the practise of many of the English non - conformist ministers. The practise was very rare in this country at that time. In five fields of Which I have since been settled pastor, and in more than a dozen of Which for varying periods I have been acting pastor, the custom has been continued.

There are various compensations in preaching to boys and girls. What a futile thing is preach ing Exclaimed one disheartened preacher. So far as the average adult is concerned, that is very nearly the truth. But the minds of the boys and girls are plastic and receptive. It is very gratify ing to find some arrow of truth after many years still lodged in the minds of one's youthful congre gation.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1397282096
• ISBN13: 9781397282095
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"