best of the best is no better than our God deserves. Perhaps there is no greater evil under the sun than “a great sermon,” which people speak of as “quite an intellectual treat;” and yet, in another sense, every sermon should be great, and every address should be solid. The toleration of slight work in the service of God shows a want of reverence for his holy name. If Dr. Johnson was right in his proverbial saying, that “Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well,” with what emphasis should