Conditions Of Success In Preaching Without Notes, 3 Lects - Softcover

Richard Salter Storrs

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0461339374 ISBN 13: 9780461339376

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

Conditions Of Success In Preaching Without Notes, 3 Lects by Richard Salter Storrs. This volume collects three lectures delivered before the students of the Union Theological Seminary in New York on January 13, 20, and 27, 1875, with an Appendix. They describe how to preach effectively without manuscript notes, drawn from the author’s long ministerial experience. The Prefatory Note explains that the lectures were spoken and not originally intended as a book, and that the publisher arranged their publication. The first lecture recounts Storrs's training and early attempts to preach without notes, his Brooklyn pulpit experiences, and his eventual mastery of extemporaneous preaching as a discipline requiring deep preparation, inner liberty, and respect for the audience. The second lecture sets forth concrete conditions for success, including maintaining physical vigor, mental alertness, a clear plan, and the artful management of subject matter to avoid discursiveness. The third lecture discusses higher, spiritual prerequisites: a conviction of the Gospel's divine origin and importance; the aim of preaching to produce practical impressions on listeners; the importance of addressing individual souls; the risks of show and eccentricity; and the call to persevere in preaching with humility and faith. The Appendix offers selections from classical authorities on eloquence to illustrate craft and style.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461339374
• ISBN 13: 9780461339376
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 252