Pulpit Elocution: Comprising Remarks on the Effect of Manner in Public Discourse; the Elements of Elocution, Applied to the Reading of the Scriptures, Hymns, and Sermons ...W.F. Draper & brother, 1853 - 413 Seiten |
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... truth . The most injurious impres- sions have been produced , by what are technically called " immoral tones , " in ... truths ought to be expressed , they ought to be expressed fully and properly . To proclaim them , and yet adopt such ...
... truth . The most injurious impres- sions have been produced , by what are technically called " immoral tones , " in ... truths ought to be expressed , they ought to be expressed fully and properly . To proclaim them , and yet adopt such ...
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... truth , we see why it was ordained as the chief means of impressing this truth upon the mind . The Deity might have required , that his word should be merely read in silence , or that it should be repeated in a whisper from a single ...
... truth , we see why it was ordained as the chief means of impressing this truth upon the mind . The Deity might have required , that his word should be merely read in silence , or that it should be repeated in a whisper from a single ...
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... truth , and feels it the more keenly , when the eye traces the lineaments of this truth upon the countenance of the speaker , and the ear catches the vibrations of it from lips which have been touched as with a live coal from off the ...
... truth , and feels it the more keenly , when the eye traces the lineaments of this truth upon the countenance of the speaker , and the ear catches the vibrations of it from lips which have been touched as with a live coal from off the ...
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... Truth ill administered may do good ; truth well administered will do more . The pro- prieties of the administration add a power to the truth ; the improprieties of the administration take a power away from it . It has long been a desire ...
... Truth ill administered may do good ; truth well administered will do more . The pro- prieties of the administration add a power to the truth ; the improprieties of the administration take a power away from it . It has long been a desire ...
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... truth which is addressed to them , they are enamored of the form in which it appears . Many an obnoxious doctrine of the Bible lies imbedded in a sweet historical narrative , which allures even such as dislike the doctrine . The casket ...
... truth which is addressed to them , they are enamored of the form in which it appears . Many an obnoxious doctrine of the Bible lies imbedded in a sweet historical narrative , which allures even such as dislike the doctrine . The casket ...
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action appropriate art thou audience beauty become Behold body breath character Cicero Circumflex cultivation culture darkness death deep Demosthenes discourse divine earnest earth effect elocution elocutionist eloquence emotion Empassioned emphasis eternal exercise expression false father fault feeling force genuine gesture give glory glottis grace habit hand hath hearers heart heaven human human voice hymn impart impressive influence inspiring Isaiah language light living Lord manner mannerist ment mind Minor Third moderate modes mould Movement natural ness o'er orator Orotund Quality Pathos Pitch poetry practice praise preacher public speaking pulpit Pure Tone Radical Stress reading render sacred Scripture Semitone sentiment sing solemn soul sound speaker speaking speech spirit student style Subdued sublime Subtonics taste thee thine things thou thought tion tone trait true truth unto utterance vivid vocal vocal ligaments voice whole word
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Seite 249 - Rising or falling still advance his praise. His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.
Seite 207 - Having, then gifts, differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith ; or ministry, let us wait on our ministering; or he that teacheth, on teaching; or he that exhorteth, on exhortation : he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Seite 170 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Seite 214 - Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death, Through the still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom...
Seite 248 - Thus wondrous fair: thyself how wondrous then! Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine. Speak, ye who best can tell, ye Sons of Light, Angels...
Seite 328 - SWEET is the work, my God, my King, To praise thy name, give thanks and sing ; To show thy love by morning light, And talk of all thy truth at night.
Seite 297 - And they came to the place which God had told him of ; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
Seite 307 - They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Seite 276 - Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill, Smit with the love of sacred song...
Seite 197 - There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured; Coals were kindled by it.