Sermon Illustrations
The Great Outdoors
America is sick today because she has gone indoors. ... It was a sad day for the race when somebody discovered ceilings. So long as men are under the blue sky with the music of the birds in their ears and the breeze blowing in their faces, there is tolerance and broad vision. But bring them indoors and they soon start talking inequality, revolution, and Bolshevism. ... The average young person can give you plenty of information on football, basketball, and boxing, but what does he know of that far more wonderful world of bird and brook and blossom? He has exchanged the lore of the hills for a load of athletic dope and he is certainly stung on the deal.