Sermon Illustrations
Lone Climbers Against the Gale
The richer a man's personality, the more there is of him to be tempted. We need not be surprised--as occasionally we are--at the collapse of some outstanding figure. The wonder is that such occurrences are as rare as they are. The lone climber on the exposed mountain ridge feels the fury of the gale of which the pedestrian, content to plod placidly along in the valley below, is ignorant.