Backdrop to Our Spotlights

[Provide examples of their “behind the scenes” role, how they happened to provide the backdrop for the spotlights which many a life had occupied.]

Frank Boreham is an Australian preacher who wrote in the early part of the previous century. I found his books to be literary jewels. They are collections of sermons he preached while in the active ministry that spanned many decades. In one of those books, there’s a sermon where Boreham talks about famous writers and artists and the people responsible for their fame.

Reflecting on William Wordsworth, he mentioned how when Wordsworth was in danger of entangling himself in the military and political troubles of the time, it was his sister Dorothy who recalled him to his desk and pointed him along the road that led to his de…