He said to me, "My young friend I was very much interested in that story last evening; it clinched the sermon.

Our ministers in Cincinnati used to introduce illustrative anecdotes, but it seems to have gone out of fashion and I am sorry for it." I replied to him, "Well Judge, I am glad to have the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in favor of telling a story or a personal incident in the pulpit." There is one principle that covers all cases.

It is this: Whatever makes the Gospel or Jesus Christ more clear to the understanding, more effective in arousing sinners, in converting souls, in edifying believers and in promoting pure honest living is never out of place in the pulpit.

When we are preaching for souls we may use any and every weapon of truth within our reach.
Those who have sat before my pulpit will testify that I never spared my lungs or their ears in the delivery of my discourses.

The preaching of the Gospel is spiritual gunnery, and many a well-loaded cartridge has failed to reach its mark from lack of powder to propel it.