Pulpit Elocution: Comprising Remarks on the Effect of Manner in Public Discourse; the Elements of Elocution, Applied to the Reading of the Scriptures, Hymns, and Sermons; with Observations on the Principles of Gesture; and a Selection of Exercises in Reading and SpeakingW.F. Draper, 1869 - 413 pages |
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... glory of the pulpit , to restore the appropriate allure- ments to Christian worship ; to fascinate men by thoughts well attired , well exhibited . The mind was made for thought , and will be pleased with it longer than with any external ...
... glory of the pulpit , to restore the appropriate allure- ments to Christian worship ; to fascinate men by thoughts well attired , well exhibited . The mind was made for thought , and will be pleased with it longer than with any external ...
Page 52
... glory , honor , and immortality . " To the uncultivated speaker , the natural avenues of the heart , the modes of sympathetic tone , are , compara- tively , shut . His feelings may be strong and deep ; but he knows not how to give them ...
... glory , honor , and immortality . " To the uncultivated speaker , the natural avenues of the heart , the modes of sympathetic tone , are , compara- tively , shut . His feelings may be strong and deep ; but he knows not how to give them ...
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... glory of the Creator . The pleading and pathetic voice of penitence would be recognized by its plaintive notes . The low murmur and broken whisperings of contrition , the earnest and thrilling intensity of the soul's aspiration after ...
... glory of the Creator . The pleading and pathetic voice of penitence would be recognized by its plaintive notes . The low murmur and broken whisperings of contrition , the earnest and thrilling intensity of the soul's aspiration after ...
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... glory of our Creator , in all our most indifferent actions , ' whether we eat , or drink , or whatsoever we do . ' * The usual style of essays , lectures , expository and practical dis- courses , and other forms of didactic address ...
... glory of our Creator , in all our most indifferent actions , ' whether we eat , or drink , or whatsoever we do . ' * The usual style of essays , lectures , expository and practical dis- courses , and other forms of didactic address ...
Page 187
... glory , and taken the crown from my head . 10. He hath destroyed me , on every side , and I am gone ; and my hope hath he removed like a tree . " Denunciation . Extract from Isaiah XXXIV . V. 5. My sword shall be bathed in heaven ...
... glory , and taken the crown from my head . 10. He hath destroyed me , on every side , and I am gone ; and my hope hath he removed like a tree . " Denunciation . Extract from Isaiah XXXIV . V. 5. My sword shall be bathed in heaven ...
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