Searching for a source

[PastoralMusings]

I recall reading once where a man spoke of preachers who majored on passion to the neglect of instruction, referring to them as preaching from the fullness of their hearts and the emptiness of their heads.

I cannot recall who it was or where I read it. Can anyone help me to find the source?

 

[Tom Bryant]

I've heard that saying but never a source. Maybe I'll just quote you from now on.

 

[Logos1560]

"preaching from the fullness of their hearts and the emptiness of their heads"

I tried a search at books.google.com for the above quotation, and I did not find any book with it. Google directed me only back to your post.

 

[PastoralMusings]

It is definitely not original to me.
I was thinking of Spurgeon, but a search of his works left me dry.

 

[rlvaughn]

I found a few things that are sort of on this order. This closest is in "The Minister—His Message, Authority, and Power" by N. P. Neilsen.

The minister's words should flow forth from a full heart, not from an empty head.

 

[PastoralMusings]

Thanks, brother.