Lectures on Preaching (1874)

Once in a distant time there was a young man who found himself utterly alone in the dead of night. He sat under a tree with his prize in his hands. It was his. He looked up and saw the last of his friends melt into the darkness, all of them eager to slip off and find their own haven where they wouldn’t be found. His eyes burned from exhaustion as they closed. His fingers tightened around his treasure. Then he felt it, the slow beat on the ground. They had found hima]