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Preface to his Remonstrance—‘Preachers’ (remarks Bishop Taylor) ‘are to feed the people, not with gay tulips and useless daffodils, but with the bread of life and medicinal plants, springing from the margin of the fountain of salvation.’ ‘Very fine, Sir.’ (said Robert Hall, when asked his opinion of a sermon) ‘But men can’t eat flowers.’ ‘Lord,’ (said a pious old writer) ‘let me never be guilty, by painting the windows, of hindering the light of your glorious Gospel from shining powerfully into the hearts!’