Excerpt from Sacred Eloquence: Or, the Theory and Practice of Preaching
Whilst I venture to hope that it will not be found less serviceable or less interesting to the clergy in general, I think it right and just ti state distinctly in this place, that this work has been compiled primarily with a view to the use of the class of Sacred Eloquence in our Foreign Missionary College of All Hallows. During the period in which I have had charge of this department, my pupils and I have suffered, not only great inconvenience, but loss of time, from want of some work which, written in the English Language, and, embodying in a clear, simple, and, above all, practical manner, the leading principles of Sacred Eloquence as laid down by those who must necessarily be the guides of the Ecclesiastic in this matter, might serve the student as a Text-book during his college course, and as a work of reference during those future years in which he was to be actively engaged in the preaching of the Divine Word. I have waited patiently in the hope that some one better qualified, or, some one who felt more confidence in his ability for the task, would undertake it. Having waited in vain, I have at length, after much hesitation and anxious thought, ventured to compile the Treatise which is here presented to the public.
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