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Show On Cutting Sermons Short. "It's a fact," remarked a well-known local minister of long experience tho other day,- "that a minister cannot be successful theso days unless he holds his sermons down to reasonable brevity. brev-ity. These Jokes you .hear about long sermons aren't Just Jokes. The people peo-ple of to-day won't put up with long sermons. I found that out a number of years ago In another city. I had noticed that the congregation had been gradually thinning out, and I began to preach sermons of not more than 30 minutes In length. The regular regu-lar attendance at church increased fully one-halt In less than two months, I think a minister should hold his sermons down, no matter hqw many good things he has to sax iecauso ho can then get a blggo A-4dlmce and consequently accomplish more." Cleveland Plain Dealer. |