Walther encouraged his students to:
“make a vow to God … that you will not stand in your pulpits sad-faced, as if you were bidding men to come to a funeral, but like men that go wooing a bride or announcing a wedding” (p. 406).(Walther, Carl F W, 1884–85. The proper distinction between law and gospel: 39 evening lectures, translated 1929 by William H T Dau, published 2000 by Concordia Publishing House, Saint Louis, MO.)
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