Hearing Sermons

A fire in a picture may afford amusement to the beholder, but it will not warm; so hearing sermons may amuse the hearer, but cannot warm the heart, or do any good to the soul, unless the blessing of God attends it; this surely shows the necessity of prayer, for if I go to a place of worship without imploring a blessing, it is but reasonable to expect that I should be sent empty away.--Anon