THE PULPIT BATTERY.
I do not mean to say that I understand the use of arms, but if I know anything of drill, I learned it in my seven years’ exercise at Stadham. I was raw indeed when I went there, but had many trials and few friends or counsellors in them. I often acted very rashly and hastily, and frequently mistook my own spirit for the Spirit of the Lord. You will find it your wisdom never to allude to church or personal matters in the pulpit. Leave them all in the vestry with your hat and gloves. A pulpit battery is usually more destructive to the assailant than the assailed.—J. C. Philpot to a brother Minister.