The Portland daily press., 1900-06-29

Methods OF Men Famous In the Pulpit
and on the Platform.

In the days when Richard 8. Storrs
was in his maturity, he was the model
studied by many clergymen In the hope
Of acquiring themselves the secret Of his
art as pulpit orator. Today a model Of q
very different type Is attracting TO his
church whenever opportunity offers
younger clergymen and students Of the
theological schools.
DR.. Storrs for nearly thirty five years
was regarded as the greatest Of the pull
pit orators whose distinguishing chaarc-
teristics were the classical form, the or
nate rhetorical expression, the somewhat
stiff diction and yet rhythmical arrange
ment of It, and, above all, that impress
i've, conscious, severe dignity which when
assumed seems to separate man from
the masses with whom he Is associated
and to place him upon PEDESTAL distinct
and apart.
The pulpit did not contain the only
representatives Of this type. 1t was con-
spicuously illustrated at the bar BY VIII
liam Pinkney, who did not alter his
rhetorical methods when he stepped from
the Senate Chamber to the Supreme
Court, or when, after delivering speech
perfect In classical form, In studied and
artificial rhetoric to the coldly dignified
Judges Of the Supreme Court bench, he
returned TO ddress the Senate upon q
question involving statesmapship.
1t was the method Of Edward Everett
and, In his earlier public life, of Daniel
Webster, and to some extent that OF hufus
Choate, who was the most ford OF all
orators excepting possibly Sergeant >:
ID nj afranRa aIntiC h0Fn ana
rsared in Maine, but triumphant as an
orator only after he became a citizen o.
Mississippi.
schooled themselves upon the art OF
Cicero. although DR.. Storrs is understood
to have been fascinated by the method
that distinguishes the funeral orations OF
Bossuet.
IL was not until Wendell Phillips
taught q new and, as many once asserted,
a perverted art Of public speaking that
there came q change In the methods that
first half Of this century. DIR, Storrs In
the pulpit simply emphasized and car
rled perhaps to Its perfection the ideals
and the standards of the preachers OF the
Puritan church. He differed only In de-
gree from Bacon Of New Haven, Halves OF
Hartford, Thompson OF New York: And
he always had stanch admirers and stout
defenders when his own method was COM
pnei with that Of Beecher.
Both Beecher and DIR. Storrs were
claimed by their respective adherents TO
Do masters OF the arr vi -. 49,.
speaking, and so IN ohe senso .hcy VIZ,
II There DC goou unuers.auns e. "a .'. ~
II 1t Is to be taken literally, then Beecher
was a far greater master OF that art than
s orrs, for 1t Is probable that DR.. Storrs
n,ver spoke extemporaneously In thets 'nie
that mis- utterances were uhPieiieui'"'eN
or wlthout pfepaIaoion. as.. a,,,..,r
But In delivering an auuross IlloS -
at congregation OF auuience. lnseeau Vi
reading IL from nooes, Dr SUITE We
n mastery. Ills methou, 80 lal 90 Plept
ton was concernea, was similar " snaS
OF wenuell fhihnps, 70 whon I "oS
nearly reiaueo through 'ne Ainsp
MIS-. Storrs. s, a., ~ =,
Philips was always s.1uy.ne ,S Sne a., ~ "a
oratory, ana when ne nau an suu .,,s, " %
lecture 70 prepare ~ was ms Custom ~ "
deliver himself comPie.ey, pcrmaps, a'
weeks or even honsns, W prep rhaua
unat ordeal lnvolveu aiinoss ~, ns 'Raam.. !
tive anu patient Iesen.on as aa,,s;s,ss ~,
bestowed upon his immoral r causaer eSH ~
as Ihackeray ueVoteu W ms nl1ne"i d"'Aa
ncations LOT MS hlsoo,lo. uo' US oh..,,,
Having thus aosorpea i, AZ 'no oDr
able information, fhlinPs me- ss
woulu ne stre.cneu ouv up a,,i, sas,,n,
two or tnree uays az ILile' on.y oanhs s |
ms iouneing piaoe nor M. MS .a dSs ,uhinh
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ne proposes 70 Dass upo!i .ne IN. nt.ane..,
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ne won,u waik ene ss's =. IL Do ST. eva
ne inighe optaih noil1 XXI, yeC aP'', rt.o.a
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