dents of theology. The style of voice, adapted to the correct and impressive reading of a hymn, the Scriptures, or a sermon, requires special attention and study, and a separate course of practice. The delivery of a discourse from the pulpit, demands an appropriate training, distinct from that of popular oratory. The materials and the suggestions for such cultivation, the present volume is designed to supply. The plan on which the contents of the following pages, are arranged, embraces, 1st, Introductory Observations on the importance of Elocution, as a department of Theological Study. 2d, Remarks on the effect of Manner, in Voice and Gesture, as exemplified in the pulpit. 3d, A brief Summary of the most important Principles of Elocution, with particular reference to their exemplification in the reading of the Scriptures, hymns, and sermons. 4th, Exercises in these forms of reading, selected and arranged for the particular application of rules and principles. 5th, A brief statement of the Principles of Gesture. 6th, Miscellaneous Extracts, for practice in Reading and Speaking, intended to be analyzed by the student, and classified, in their various contents, under the points of practical elocution which they illustrate. CONTENTS. HINTS ON THE MODES OF PRACTICE IN THE USE OF THIS VOLUME, INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS ON THE STUDY OF ELOCUTION, The Elocution of the Pulpit. By the Rev. Dr. Edwards A. Park, The Study of Elocution an important part of the Preparation re- Elocution, as a department of Preparatory Study in Theology, PAGE |