Sermon Illustrations

The great slave preacher John Jasper got carried away in a sermon on heaven. He talked about rambling down the streets of glory and talking to Moses and David and Paul. And then he said, “And now I will ramble down the side streets to find the cabin in which the good Lord set up my mother in housekeeping. I will know it (He said) by the flowers in the garden and the vines on the cabin door.