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through cities, along the sea-shore, to the mountain heights, and into desert places.. 
Such were His beauty of illustration and His aptness in delineation that men 
followed Him for days, thinking not what they should eat, and, in the evening’s 
chill, overlooking wherewith they were clothed. 
With the first disciples, His illustrations were taken from the sea and its 
varied phases. To the tax gatherers and lawyers, He spoke of the coin of tribute;, 
with the tillers of the soil, the birds of the air, the seed, the husbandman and hi&. 
occupations, formed the burden of His conversation and instruction. Yet, with 
such simple elements, so great was His force and beauty of language, that it was 
universally admitted: u Never did man speak like this Man.” 
'“If a soul thou wouldst redeem, 
And lead a lost one bach to God 
Wouldst thou a guardian angel seem 
To one who long in guilt has trod,— 
Go kindly to him, take his hand 
With gentlest words within thine own, 
And by his side a brother stand, 
Till all the demons thou dethrone.” 
— Anon- 
A Preacher Such as St. Paul. 
Would I describe a preacher, such as Paul, 
Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own— 
Paul should himself direct me. I would trace 
His master-strokes, and draw from his design. 
I would express him simple, grave, sincere; 
In doctrine, uncorrupt; in language, plain; 
And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste. 
And natural in gesture ; much impressed 
Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, 
And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds 
May feel it too. Affectionate in look, 
A nd tender in address, as well becomes 
A messenger of grace to guilty man. 
—William Coivper . 
