A good example of symbolic preaching is afforded in the following
descriptions of a sermon by a Chinese evangelist named Li, of Changsha,
China, on the value of the soul:
Mr. Li began by describing a clock, without naming it, calling
it dead and yet alive. He showed that it has all the parts of a
living mechanism, but that this mechanism is dead; without two
great essentials. The clock was then shown to the audience and
they were led to see that a spring is the source of power, but
that power must be applied to the spring before the mechanism
does its work. The preacher skilfully illustrated by these
facts the importance of the soul, and the relation which it
bears on the one hand to man and on the other to God. About
twenty minutes were devoted to this illustration, after which
the preacher quoted a number of texts from the Scriptures
bearing upon the teaching of the value of the soul.--G. E.
DAWSON, _Missionary Review of the World_.
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