A "part," yes; but only a part. May we call it the human, the temperamental, dispositional part? The passion we desiderate for the present-day pulpit includes something almost infinitely higher than this. It must include _the passion for Christ_. It is the hunger to preach because Jesus Christ is the chief theme of preaching; because it is in _His_ honour; because out of the fulness of the heart the mouth would speak; because the soul's deep reverence for the Redeemer _must_ extol its object. He is to be _obeyed_, too, in preaching. It is a form of service rendered to _Him_. The truth is _His_ truth, "the truth as it is in Jesus," and _He_ gave the command which is honoured in its publication. By this act of preaching _He_ is pleased. It is an evidence of the preacher's glad surrender to _His_ will. It moves others, too, to the same surrender. It extends _His_ kingdom; increases the number of those who "bear _His_ name and sign." It helps _Him_ to see "of the travail of His soul and be satisfied." It pushes further back the bounds of _His_ empire; widens the area of _His_ sovereignty. It "crowns _Him_ with glory and honour." So the preacher "makes his boast in the Lord," and is "glad." Thus it can be said that all true preaching is worship, which is always the expression of awe, reverence and love. We sometimes speak of worship, _and_ preaching. To the true preacher this distinction does not exist. No act in all the service is more truly an act of adoration than is the preaching of such a man, because it is the pouring out of his inmost heart's affection. With the spirit with which he prays and sings; with the spirit of the Te Deum and the Magnificat, will he preach; and out of the same emotions toward Him whom thus he serves. Such preaching is a bringing of the fruits of the mind and the spirit to the altar of sacrifice. The whole Doxology is in it! Yes, preaching is worship. We Free Churchmen need to emphasise this truth. Again and again have we heard the criticism that in our churches there "is much sermon and little worship." We have not only heard this criticism from the quarter whence it might be expected, but, also, sometimes even from some of our own fellowship. There is an answer to this complaint which proceeds from a misunderstanding of what true worship really is, as well as from an underestimation of the true sacredness of the preacher's work. It is this:--That preaching is worship when offered in the spirit of worship, and that neither song nor prayer becomes worship except upon the same condition. Further we would say that _hearing_ is worship, too, when the hearer listens as in the spirit. The hearer to whom song and supplication are worship, indeed, will also make an act of adoration of his hearing of the word which is sent unto him.