The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-02

sons when to read sermon would 7
preferable. Still, l am bound to hlss
that such cases are exceedingly rare y
preacher ought to speak, If possible W.
out so much as using notes. Reaals
sermon is like shaking hands with eN,s
on, or kissing through wells, IKE tl'
dies do in public. The manuscrpl {.
bad conductor. The same might be sly
those wide. solid pulpits that hide nsa
the speakers body, cutting the masnssa /.
in two at the waist. Such pulpl's y, W.. J.
breastworls of timid oratory, Dep''
should be:
.. Easy. That doesn't mean you q
be soft spoken or slow. Nature Y al'',
easy, and nature rends the ROCKS M
uuaking and shakes the firmamenI ~
thunder. There is place In even
mon for the preacher to invest hims.~ /,
the utmost. Ease consists In 49,
when TO turn oneself loose. some r.' 4
ers are too tame. but more Oh sn's IN,
too wild, Self-command IN ms
means power over the pew. oos.. VA
great message steadies the one wy u, Z
it. Then let us seek for ease n.y. H. sss se|
thorough preparation. but also " n nj
seriousness of divine credentials
should be: .,A.r,J|
3. Honest. Many preacher ~, n.suf|
truthful is guilty of unconscious XII
cation in the pulpit. He cant wv. .s,sa
word in time. so he clears ~ al
deceive the people. Vain hope,
WINGED that a certain passage ouss US, "A
pathetic, he whines or snlVei, ,rs,lf
honestly. Instead OF belns S' aaiir,1
/ tries to be somebody whose s.r,si n
admires, and the result is an a sssrr,
! icalism which disgusts the au' Z, a
I striving to please. BretnrsS, ,nds,ss|
( never succeed in being entlre'ts .,r,,s
ent and natural. but standing l,.s
/ living and the dead we ousns
be honest. Delivery should ~ IA ii, 4
4. Personal. Look indiyiduais A. III
and watch the effect of your No. ,slsrs
stare yacantly over your auu,s- sau "A
they were some wide sea wni.u sourIs
apostrophising. Speak with w .sily n
air of authority. Preaching Is M ~ IA
,natiem anyhow. Thus saith .ae n
"Tbou art the man" John b. uVs Il
ne that in every audience, upon "A "
ing he inyoluntarily selected :, NJ u
sons n5 as his principal target. Il y ID
bor5nent failed TO move these, y ~
n iseed the balance. This IS ~ NJ
iiInstratinn of the universal ias. X a
be effective. public address -
sonal. Delivery should De INV
5. Sympathetic. This guar sor Il ~
important than the others MA is5
Includes them. 1t is that sup .aIsa.s
which speaker imbues an 'u ,,ors
himself and it is somethlnss, ~
moro than personal magnehsssrs ~,
demncogue may happen 20 lr.asrasis;
Is n persuasion born of i. ssrr.psi,
The source of the true pulpn
NJ n sar,e as when Paul decissi',hf1
love OF Christ constraiuetn sbv.
IL our delivs-y lacks sympN,sn Mas NJ N
chiefly because our message sssrnp.
hold Of our own heart? no IL
ever faithfully prepared 7 asaIr y
nreached unless it be born ~
pulpit. | doubt II any ~, n,esssF
savingly moved by pnssschor
he first realized that the pis
friend. n wish y,
ava Sraat success in your VIZ .ss "
Unquestionably. you ocsup, spssch
vantage ground OF human ss q
not so much post OF homo ,his rs
responsibliiy. In meeting y cxT
bilitv Il seems extravagaai y NV
anything have said shsn ,scr
vou, hut in that hone thit suh1
prayerfully and affectionass'y