Wise
words from John Wesley:
“What
has exceedingly hurt you in time past, nay, and I fear to this day, is want of
reading. I scarce ever knew a preacher read so little. And perhaps, by
neglecting it, you have lost the taste for it. Hence your talent in preaching
does not increase. It is just the same as it was seven years ago. It is lively,
but not deep; there is little variety, there is no compass of thought. Reading
only can supply this, with meditation and daily prayer. You wrong yourself
greatly by omitting this. O begin! Fix some part of every day for private
exercises. You may acquire the taste which you have not: what is tedious at
first, will afterwards be pleasant. Whether you like it or no, read and pray
daily. It is for your life; there is no other way; else you will be a trifler
all your days, and a petty, superficial preacher.”
John
Wesley, letter to John Pemboth, August 17, 1760.
Wise
words from John Wesley:
“What
has exceedingly hurt you in time past, nay, and I fear to this day, is want of
reading. I scarce ever knew a preacher read so little. And perhaps, by
neglecting it, you have lost the taste for it. Hence your talent in preaching
does not increase. It is just the same as it was seven years ago. It is lively,
but not deep; there is little variety, there is no compass of thought. Reading
only can supply this, with meditation and daily prayer. You wrong yourself
greatly by omitting this. O begin! Fix some part of every day for private
exercises. You may acquire the taste which you have not: what is tedious at
first, will afterwards be pleasant. Whether you like it or no, read and pray
daily. It is for your life; there is no other way; else you will be a trifler
all your days, and a petty, superficial preacher.”
John
Wesley, letter to John Pemboth, August 17, 1760.
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