faith comes—and stays—by the hearing of the Word of God in the gospel (Rom. 10:17). Surely every preacher should say, with all gravity, “Who is sufficient for these things”—to save sinners, to revive the church, to preserve the saints! So I repeat my thesis: Gladness and gravity should be woven together in the life and preaching of a pastor in such a way as to sober the careless soul and sweeten the burdens of the saints. Love for people cannot treat awesome realities lightly (hence, gravity!), and
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