Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 169, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1914 — Why He Was Hurt [ARTICLE]

Why He Was Hurt

"My friends,” said the minister, after he bad finished reading his text for the second time, "I promised last Sunday, as you will remember, to preach a sermon this morning that should be only 15 minutes long. I am very glad indeed to see such a large number of brethren and staters present, but there is one thing that causes me extreme sorrow. It is not that the large turnout today is probably due to the fact that I have decided to make my remarks brief. I realize that few men have such gifts of oratory as to be interesting or instructive for an hour, or even half an hour at a time. It was this conviction which led me to decide to cut down the length of my sermons, but I do feel hurt, my friends, when I see at least a dozen of the brethren in the front pews take out their watches, as I begin my remarks, for the purpose of letting me understand that I am to be timed. I had hoped that if I was not able to thrill you I at least possessed youj; confidence.”