vice rendered to _Him_. The truth is _His_ truth, "the
truth as it is in Jesus," and _He_ gave the command which is honoured
in its publication. By this act of preaching _He_ is pleased. It is
an evidence of the preacher's glad surrender to _His_ will. It moves
others, too, to the same surrender. It extends _His_ kingdom;
increases the number of those who "bear _His_ name and sign." It helps
_Him_ to see "of the travail of His soul and be satisfied." It pushes
further back the bounds of _His_ empire; widens the area of _His_
sovereignty. It "crowns _Him_ with glory and honour." So the preacher
"makes his boast in the Lord," and is "glad."

Thus it can be said that all true preaching is worship, which is always
the expression of awe, reverence and love. We sometimes speak of
worship, _and_ preaching. To the true preacher this distinction does
not exist. No act in all the service is more truly an act of adoration
than is the preaching of such a man, because it is the pouring out of
his inmost heart's affection. With the spirit with which he prays and
sings; with the spirit of the Te Deum and the Magnificat, will he
preach; and out of the same emotions toward Him whom thus he serves.
Such preaching is a bringing of the fruits of the mind and the spirit
to the altar of sacrifice. The whole Doxology is in it!

Yes, preaching is worship. We Free Churchmen need to emphasise this
truth. Again and again have we heard the criticism that in our
churches there "is much sermon and little worship." We have not only
heard this criticism from the quarter whence it might be expected, but,
also, sometimes even from some of our own fellowship. There is an
answer to this complaint which proceeds from a misunderstanding of what
true worship really is, as well as from an underestimation of the true
sacredness of the preacher's work. It is this:--That preaching is
worship when offered in the spirit of worship, and that neither song
nor prayer becomes worship except upon the same condition. Further we
would say that _hearing_ is worship, too, when the hearer listens as in
the spirit. The hearer to whom song and supplication are worship,
indeed, will also make an act of adoration of his hearing of the word
which is sent unto him.

Behind such preaching as this, and producing the passion out of which
it will proceed, there must be high experiences of grace. Such passion
can only proceed from a personal knowledge of Chri