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Page viii
... less formal and more con- versational kind . Prescribing texts and topics to the students , he asked them to prepare skeletons of sermons , or sermons , and discussed such exercises in the class . Sometimes he asked them to suggest ...
... less formal and more con- versational kind . Prescribing texts and topics to the students , he asked them to prepare skeletons of sermons , or sermons , and discussed such exercises in the class . Sometimes he asked them to suggest ...
Page 26
... less in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah . These were evidently epochs of great religious revival and reformation under what we call " the ordinary teaching of the Word . " Such teaching continued down to the time of our Lord , with many a ...
... less in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah . These were evidently epochs of great religious revival and reformation under what we call " the ordinary teaching of the Word . " Such teaching continued down to the time of our Lord , with many a ...
Page 30
... less , but the prophets more . The greatest preachers have risen by their inspiration- the deep spirituality of the Psalms , the majesty of Isaiah , the tender pathos of Jeremiah , the dusky grandeur of Ezekiel , and the twelve Lesser ...
... less , but the prophets more . The greatest preachers have risen by their inspiration- the deep spirituality of the Psalms , the majesty of Isaiah , the tender pathos of Jeremiah , the dusky grandeur of Ezekiel , and the twelve Lesser ...
Page 59
... less spiritual . races . ( 3. ) Preaching was also affected by the new The new races that were now receiving and dealing with Christian truth . God has made of one blood all nations of men , and the Gospel is adapted to the common needs ...
... less spiritual . races . ( 3. ) Preaching was also affected by the new The new races that were now receiving and dealing with Christian truth . God has made of one blood all nations of men , and the Gospel is adapted to the common needs ...
Page 67
... less statement of truth or endeavour after it , more appeal to the feelings , the fancy , and the conscience . In this power he would seem to have been unrivalled . His appeals to the feelings held men enchained in interest , his ...
... less statement of truth or endeavour after it , more appeal to the feelings , the fancy , and the conscience . In this power he would seem to have been unrivalled . His appeals to the feelings held men enchained in interest , his ...
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Lectures on the History of Preaching John Ker,Alexander R 1851-1916 Macewen,William Mackergo Taylor No preview available - 2015 |
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