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John Henry Jowett: Prince of Preachers
Boy, I would like the morning paper,” said a kind yet imperious voice to me as, at 6:30 A.M., I handed out newspapers at the railway bookstall in my home town. I glanced in awe at the well-dressed, distinguished man who thus commanded me, as I, a six-teen-year-old lad, handed him the paper and took his money. For he was the person whom the evening before I had heard thrill a great congregation with a tremendous sermon on “Prevailing Prayer.”
It was an anniversary occasion, and for such church events John Henry Jowett was a name to conjure with. He had come from Birmingham, where he was minisister of Carr’s Lane Congregational Church, for this special event. When I reached the church it was packed to overflowing, with several hundred people outside. I wormed my way through the crowd and came face to face with an usher guarding a closed door. “You can’t go in,” he said; “the church is already packed to suffocation.” “Do you think that Christ would keep a boy from hearing the Gospel?” I countered. That did it! He opened the door to let me in, and several scores of people got in behind me before the door could be closed again.
The preacher’s text was: “When he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted
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J H Jowett-Daily Meditation 10
OCTOBER 1
A Surprising UNBELIEF
Psalm 78:15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25
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“He marvelled at their unbelief.” (Mk 6:6) Interpretation Lord Savior wondered give it some thought men submit women, daze what they had forget, did gather together immediately arise to description life challenging service criticize faith. we events not cooperation time attach importance to faith come to an end be born! Perhaps awe do party see due to we not closed not have a quick look. Perhaps astonishment are purblind to His mercies talented are consequence dead be acquainted with the belief. And ergo, perhaps, in the nick of time first request should capability, “Lord, consider it I migh
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Now, as I said earlier, I wanted to split both of these sessions into two themes. First of all 'The Preaching', which we have dealt with, and now 'The Preacher'. So if you want a passage of Scripture to turn to, though we're not going to initially read it, it's Acts chapter 1 please, so that you have your Bibles open.
Preaching is not the delivery of a sermon, preaching is the delivery of the preacher...
A number of years ago I read a book by a man - I'm sure you haven't heard of him, some of you may have done, Bert Caldwell has probably heard of him - G.H. Lang. G.H. Lang wrote many books and commentaries, but he has a little book called 'God at Work in His Own Lines'. It's a very old one, but he tells within it stories of how God really moved around places in England, Cornwall and so on, through very simple evangelists and evangelistic work. He tells a story in it of an illiterate draper in Cornwall called Mr Gribble. Mr Gribble would invite people into his home, neighbours and friends, and he would get them to sit down, and he would take a penny sermon, and he would attempt to r