An encouragement for preachers
Ian Carmichael / 26th July 2007
/ Ministry
Let all preachers be reminded of this:
What function is so noble as to be
Ambassador to God and destiny?
To open life, to give kingdoms to more
Than kings give dignities; to keep heaven's door?
Mary's prerogative was to bear Christ, so
'Tis preachers' to convey him, for they do
As angels out of clouds, from pulpits speak;
And bless the poor beneath, the lame, the weak.
If then th' astronomers, whereas they spy
A new-found star, their optics magnify,
How brave are those, who with their engine, can
Bring man to heaven, and heaven again to man?From “To Mr Tilman after he had taken orders” by John Donne.