Slave Preacher
Topic : -During the time of slavery, a slave was preaching with great power. His master heard of it, and sent for him, and said: “I understand you are preaching?”
“Yes,” said the slave.
“Well, now,” said the master, “I will give you all the time you need, and I want you to prepare a sermon on the Ten Commandments, and to bear down especially on stealing, because there is a great deal of stealing on the plantation.”
The slave’s countenance fell at once. He said he wouldn’t like to do that; there wasn’t the warmth in that subject there was in others.
I have noticed that people are satisfied when you preach about the sins of the patriarchs, but they don’t like it when you touch upon the sins of today.
