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Under the head of "the blind" li(3 considers those who are deficient in religious kncwl- edge ; under the head of " the halt, " those who are insincere in confession; and, under the head of "the withered, " those who have no sorrow in repentance. We feel without argument the levity of such uses of the Bible as these ; but why are they not, in princi- ple, as worthy of commendation as the following, which 120 THE THEORY OF PREACHING. [lect. Vni is a specimen of a large class of very plausible co...nceits which have frittered away much of the dignity of texts r A preacher chose for his text the words, " Abide with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent; "' find he accommodated it to this theme, " the necessity of drawing near to Christ in hours of trouble and dark noss. " The whole usage of the pulpit by which metor phorical resemblance is tolerated as the ground of accommodation is false in principle, and puerile in taste. As culture advances, taste condemns it ; and as piety grows in alliance with culture, the heart revolts from it.
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