Bitter Preachers?

Of this bitterness in preaching, … so sensible was he of its being quite natural to all of us, that oftentimes he made it the subject of conversation, and used to grieve over himself if he had spoken with anything less than solemn compassion.

Andrew Bonar’s recollection of Robert Murray M’Cheyne, (Memoirs and Remains of RM M’Cheyne, 53).