The Princeton Review, Vol. 35

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Excerpt from The Princeton Review, Vol. 35: April 1863Now, it is undeniable that, supposing the orthodoxy and piety, and the distribution of the different elements of truth, substantially the same in these two sorts of preachers, the difference lies in the manner of putting it. And this manner reaches all those points in the expression of this divine truth by the preacher, on which the impression of it upon the hearers depends. Again, this depends on the structure and style of the discourse itself - its clearness, freshness, both its penetrating and finding a response in, the consciousness of the bearer, its aptness of application, in short, its force, argumentative, emotive, pathetic, and persuasive. Nor is this all. Suppose the sermon, as to its structure, perfect, a model in the fore going points, and suppose it be so spoken, either that it cannot be heard, or, if heard, that it be so faulty in articulation and emphasis, that its meaning is only feebly and partially conveyed to the audience - is not all frustrated through this fundamental failure? Whatever merits the discourse has, if it be so Spoken as to be lost upon the people, is not all lost? How shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? How shall they hear without a preacher? Rom. X. 14. Or, with a preacher who so speaks as to be unheard, or heard to no purpose? These questions are clearly self-answering, whatever contempt any may cast upon style and utterance in preaching.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.