| The Life of Dr. J.R. Miller |
Chapter 14 |
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In The Presbyterian Banner – published in the city where Dr. Miller secured his seminary training – was this strong message:
“Dr. Miller was an acceptable preacher and winsome pastor, as was shown in the way time and again a handful of people gathered up by himself grew to a great congregation. But his chief gift and work was as a writer. As editor of our Sunday school periodicals he was pouring into their pages a steady stream of articles and comments, and these from time to time were gathered up into books. He was an astonishingly prolific writer, and produced no fewer than sixty volumes. These were nearly all expository and devotional in substance and style and have fed a whole generation on their appetizing and wholesome bread. He had a genius for seeing the homiletically uses of things, and every common thing or daily event or experience became a text in his hand for a practical application and interesting bit of preaching. His writings… are wonderfully tender and beautiful. If there are few thunder clouds and lightning flashes, raging torrents and cataracts in his pages, they are full of summer peace and beauty, everywhere flushed with little rivulets that keep the grass green and besprinkle it with flowers. His books are restful and soothing, full of quiet but fresh inspiration and cheery optimism, and they have comforted and encouraged countless thousands of readers. The whole Church will mourn and miss him, and his loss will be felt far beyond our bounds.”
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