Christ aimed directly at the hearts of his hearers. He knew the heart, and was able to speak to the heart of each individual. This gave his preaching irresistible force and energy. He was also a moving preacher, and able to convey his own views and feelings to the minds of his hearers.

All his affections were pure and clear as the crystal stream. His heart was a flame of love. His soul was all sensibility. His life was immaculate innocence; and more of heaven sat on his countenance, and sparkled in his eye, than ever shone in the face of Moses, or the face of Stephen.

With such views, such feelings, and such heavenly appearance, could he fail to speak with astonishing solemnity and pathos? “ Never man spake like this man.”