ruruminations – cnàmh na cìr – chewing the cud

Following is a quote from Rev. Dr. Thomas Chalmers. You’d almost think he was still about:

“There is a great running after ministers in our day, and this argues a desire of something or other; but , desire of what? Is it to be regaled by the eloquence of the preacher? Is it because you are lured by the report of his high and far-sounding popularity? Is it because you want to feast your imagination or your intellect or any of your sensibilities(feelings)? That is not a desireousness which will help you forward, but rather prove an impediment in the way of your salvation.”