New-York tribune., 1875-02-22

.,..N vo,ee resture elocution and as every
BODY we're paving his dollar to see how 1t was done,
and it amounted TO q serious fmpcrtinonce. 10 '"c
natural diculty OF selconscousness we're added these
temntaons aud the preqcher lost tho fresh. sincere
OF his work. This acknowledged TACT n'eht
sernop to its delivery that delivery being best when
would make the preacher most sincere ana penu'ue,
man sent OF God momentous business toAn one
hired OF men to and play elocutlonis And inder9,
when the sermon was made IL was mueh ke the oshs %
nonmiiary sense and depending for It's force GU the
method Of dslvery might be sent 700 a9 p e un
ssUnomica,y ,SW on % iyV eeonomEed in its sending.
There we're chiefly four methods of sermon delivery
which had received any considerable Tne
frs was that Of reading written discourse, word for
word. In the Episcopal Church IN Eagiana S anu 10
America among respectable minority Of the SCOTTISH
cergy, and among a large proportion OF me memoeIs
OF leading denominations IN tine United etste, ts
the approved method. 1t could not be so approves
now and be able to appeal to suoh historic prece den
n II had not certain great ADVANTAGES. Amors ess
conssencss and accuracy aud the OF exeres-
Of thought or xerOage wnien were tne
speaker freely conceded and after bearing such ssrmops
when we'll preparod-tae eogeney oi .ne I'M usw.Y to
utizs autborltiet-he had at times been almost
about his own method but somsho~ Wne1 s%e
Aud In the rst place this method diminished force ana
dlreetness was nard alsp 10 read % arec, sn"ea n
one tried TO remedy tie latter dincuiiy Dy ar tnas
would he fatal for the people REQUIRED nooes atned
tnis tnod let him resolve 10 be the best OF ms orue
In that me ethod. and what could De aecomphspoo WIS
Tns second method was that writing and memoriz.
Ing the sermon 1t was followed ey the seo,h eoiEy
Largely II would incredible to one not useu W ~. ~
Ii was exceedingly difficult al hrst, out meh eaipoa w
II at length u would be SUPPOSED TO- i9s 9svsrV
but lpis also wls overcome by care. SO that many
preachers following this method were .iognialy n.o @
pressiye How the memOr Eng AMI us euicuxe use
were possible all familiar with the MaRespeaAuk ~
Amorao college, must be ae to ne ,taT many nst
under thls method woo never beard OF aitor hIs
graduation, because OF not taking the same pan ~ o @
pubc speaking This would suggest how important was
care fu su1 II eocniion aud what u nieut uV was ~
most unlimited The Rev. James Parsons IN Great bra,
for example, osI his that he could hardly speak
above u whisper, but he so trained wnat was ioit nn
that couli hold large audience almost Dreatirs, IS
In this study eocuton an nr was not 30 much 70 pe
mastered its salient excel encet-Volume, 'airp'
movement, adaptation Bat the nemoI zos .p'D" ' T ~
volyed great anpr aud, too often vacany VI ehpts
sop or clouded brow, in ryine 10 reea tho ho' 'aA
guage which we're most undesirable. ,.,o, ,,,,
Tue third mobod was tnat OF preparlnge DrleL Win
the line OF houht the leading tItS " De clted vath
words aud perhaps critical passages In iuli' ~ haa
clrcatured DY comparingi II TO chcHen urp,nS @
its head for nOutrful OF water aud then hitng IL loI
he req TO effect. IL saved the mechanical iioOi
heater While the tonstsnt reference TO The bief was
interruption Tne speaker nsa often wonGoueu wns my
method and the brief committed 10 memoiy " aVVla
Tue ionrtu method was that followed by tue speaker
He wrote out his disc0urses as caleluiy and
With as much excellence as ,, was oIro,npy u, n,S
making memoranda OF CT memorzng tue CITATIONS anu
seeing That all passages dependHs on accurA'e s'ale
me ut were mcmorized, aud then ne eIt
The sermon at homo snd spoke from tho pulpit as hc
could Toe tasAa t. fdmiiiarzs bimsrlT wlCh Tue
sermon vas Longer In proportion as the sermon was
poorer for tbs best SERMONS had power OF x'lg hc
yes IN memcry which vague npd weak ones mao not
He noticed, too, t1at la looking over sernon aItei
ward to what had been omltted, or viloh from III
order Le weakest talngs had been tf on OF tDe poor
est arrangements vared the mni ut the tine OF 1t
ery by 6ue instinct oOiuS better t5an h1d the jag
ment the tEe o. PERHAPS buried WHINE Ia g,h
oral IL took only carcful reading over o. SATURDAY
pIRn: and agal Of Sunday nOrGlnC, 10 bX the sefVn
suDic eBtiy; even sermon Delivered 20 years ago
could ith nearly tie adIness he ren1eo Iuen
there al the advantage or the SUGGESTIONS OF VIC
moment OF direct discourse with yet the tnoF.uoh
Dess vi wrting. :,
Every man, however. to do as he best could and
was TO se perfectly frank with his people about H. a
Welsh clergyman of power was 10 denver an anp-
yersary sprmon in L1ndOn Feengas QUO coming iron
New York TO Nev.Haven would-thst he was co.llns
from tue PROVINCES" he was nervous, and wanIod 10
know Of Londouer II ho must read htJ terlnVn lac,
latter replied that bo might do as bo keu, 30 as "hy
Ia did not leave out his welsh ire" "Bui," Tue
We eshman asked, can carsy flre ia papcrP to
Thch the Lond0ner answered mo, but you can use
tbs psper 10 kndle the fire, cant yon f"-"hien was
about the speakers view Of the whole matter