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ao £ oF& ikiid , » acjtprs , Joo in the bightst aiKli , flftast , y h (?| tOHi ^ ib rle , ^ f c ? hagacter& ; and that they \\[ p «} 4 think a iiule l #£ r % not only <> £ ^^ i ^ entimeiniSHthey Ijave to , deliver , iMsfet&lao oft ^ thf * . njftn * -
i > ex iai w t ) ich dies ^ nentinieats : are to proceedfrom their m <> uths .-, I ?> youjd WVS Ahem- , consider , that the great o , f > jec £ for - wbich they raouxrt the jyulpit is U > produce a most important ciiecU and that there arc certain means that
by which ^ lane effect . can be produced . jU is not often -that a valuablemoral impression is produced fyy the skill of the rhetorical artist in & formal an <| 4 * y > 4 * scourse y wjijle the homely language ., p £ Mthe ^( ernpo * raucous speaker , who Js warmed by
his subject and speaks from the diet £ ^ es pC his heart , provided . onl y that he , observes moderation and a chastity in his * . language , is always gratifying toj . he ^ udience , and will sooner carry conviction * to the heart . ,, ¦ < ¦
It | s yv&ll . kno \ rn to be a rule in the cpljeges : jin , Scotland , to encourage the ypu « gjdi vines to prepare their sermons in tA \ eir . sljLidyv and deliver them me ~ fnovilr ?^ . or . from , such copious notes as w ^ il supply them with an abundance o £ m $ 8 &l < U > » fiii Mp the half or three quar $$ |§ of an hour . If a man have sslf ^ Qjpxnvind * ^ i » 4 possess a tolerable stock Qf , modest assurance , the latter
mode is preferable , and by degrees lie w iJV accjwilre a fuiness of utterau ^ e , and- be a vworkman that needs aaot \ & be . ashamed . This plan therefore is rejcoiixuiended to their young men ; ami i believe it is also ^ recommended of
in , ^ ie riiost respectable those insti * tu 4 ^ pns that are ed ucating ministers , fo ^ r the . Independent or moderately ' Calvinistic societies . But some of tfie Scetch professors rather prefer the entire composition of the sermon , and
conmnuing it to memory j assuring their ) stu 4 € ntd , that , however difficult it { nay at first be found by a person wpo . is npt accustomed to the exercise oCwthe memory , it will become by indu r stiv ; a ^ ud diligence inconceivably e aaiy ^ ; Thjs is muntfest in the expe ^ ieflce of even the common actors
oia ^ tage , and in the exercise of schpol * boys , whose memories are fomj ^ to strengthen , in an extraorjinaj ^ pa , nneK by * fre ^ iient atid regular exeg ^ fe . , 0 r . Alexander . Gerard , of Ab ^ cdeen , was a remarkable instance r of ira ^ tnuy be ildne by the exercise of the ujemary . When he first as-
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summed tt | e > cHtoje -oft a- preacher ^ nftw recollection was so inert , thai ^ -wriiAl % he greatest *) ifiicuVty . he i ^ aimiit&ffosi s ^ r 43 oiivto ijiemory in a fortnight , > attd & « ver ventured to-preach Bnore ^ th » ri onvp during that time , unless he couhi deliver the san > e sermon in JwnotbeY
p lace . I 3 tU a ^ practised the /^ art 'of learning h * tj sermons , he fonnA ? hiv memory strengthen ; percepfiW y * tiil rat leogtli he-could ^ repeat the wholeof u discourse aceuratel j after rc&ding ^ ii Only twice . Here is an instancteiof ^ a "
man ' s acquiring by mere dint of kvdustry the mastery of ati art-fbovhicii he did not appear to i > e ntteil ib y mk tare , which-may serv ^^ as anf encoui ragement to a voung man of the # n ( wt obtuse recollectioB . ¦; . r ,- x ^ h-i o *
Inere have been amongst the'Eiiglish JOis&enters ¦ : a- few- in ^ Unces nsf eloquen t preachers *; kmt ; none ; Ii tbe * Jieve , in which they have J iiot ^ cib ^ tained their . celebrity- by other nnteBns than by the stiff * rules of a coUegei Of Dr . Foster I-can-say . nothing tfnittl '
personal knowledge . I fcnew ^ Sdiwe ^ thing of I > r . . Fordy ce ^ both intfi greatly celebrated in their £ ay . T I believe the cause of their pop ^ a * ay might be ^ Mind in a happy art of ? delive
ring ; their * - adrlresses well , r lam ^ giving them m \ interest which «^ a ^ strictly their own . Tfce rrost distifr 4 guished chahfccte ^«^ which : the pipeWia generation of Disseaters h ^ s knoivrf as a preacher was ' $ 4 : w ¥ &w<j < vfti&
was many years nioming « preachet % & th ^ soc i ety at Wflrlt ha iymtoW ^/ whfe ^ e ' 1 )© resided , and who deliver-fccl ^ Sunday evening lecture during ttie Wifll ^* season at the Oki Jewry : - His eld ' - *
qudnce was of a rare and-striking kind . Notr only Oiss ^ ntefs of all classes , but Churchmen offh&lligh&t rank , and some of the leading dramatic characters of the d'ay , Vwere his hearers . Mrr , Siddons att& Her
brothers were frequent attendefs 6 n his evening services . Biit M ^ - PaL Wcett , of WaUhamdtbw , in th ^ nrf ^ ninp ; , was a very different nia ^ i fronhf Mr . Fawcett , of the & \ d Jewi ^ , in the *' evening : a manifest propf that Hte great excellence wa « as ^ iittied , and '
therefore thai it was acquired by \ att He nwiy ^ iave had a natural aptitude of speech and gracefulness of tnattner t but it is well known that be improved these by great care . When he iiras a student at Daventry , he was so impressed with the importance of
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r 1 ) 0 QUci-yn ^ Q ^ PrewkiTtg , sPmfck&s Amd&nical fy&fotiiom
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1817, page 90, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2461/page/26/
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