“Advice to Preach Slow,”—John Byrom.
John Byrom, a noted English poet, and writer of hymns, was born at Kersel Cell, near Manchester, February 29, 1692, and died in 1763. He wrote a famous poem “Colin and Phoebe.” A collection of his poems was published in 1773.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] They have learned nothing, and they have forgotten nothing.
[2] Danger teaches even kings to pray.
[3] The blush is beautiful, but it is sometimes inconvenient.