"But I never heard any preacher, in any country, tell his congregation anything else.

And people always listen with attention.

In countries where rain is entirely unknown, it is not a truism to say that 'when it rains it is damp.' On the contrary, in such countries that statement would be regarded as requiring demonstration, and once demonstrated, it would be treasured and taught as an interesting scientific fact.

Now it is precisely the same with congregations of men.

They were never bad, and never can be; in fact, they doubt, in their dear innocent hearts, whether they know what a real sin is.