There was something about the preaching and personality of this man that made him a unique figure in the field of preacherdom.

In the first place, he was masterful in his knowledge and use of the Holy Scriptures.

He knew God's Book.

By patient study and long practice he had brought himself to the place where he could readily bring to his defence an impregnable line of Scriptural proof to sustain the propositions that he held.

He was not only proficient in the Scriptures, but he had a thorough training covering the whole range of ministerial and theological thought.