The Word Of Life Being Selections From The Work Of The Ministry

Excerpt from The Word of Life: Being Selections From the Work of a Ministry It has long seemed to me that the style proper to the pulpit - and especially for Discourses not read - differs considerably from what has usually been thought the fittest for the press. Certainly many sermons that were listened to with deep and solemn interest, delivered with the freedom of manner befitting the pulpit, may be apt to appear comparatively tame when reproduced in the pages of a book. Great words of Scripture, for instance, which, uttered with the warm living voice, formed a large and important part of the preaching, may wear an aspect not a little different when read in a printed page; and many a word of fervent appeal, entreaty, expostulation, thrown in extemporaneously in the progress of a Discourse, may scarce admit of being reproduced at all. Hence, in part, a difficulty I have long felt in complying with the wishes of friends as to publishing some selections from the work of a long ministry. My mode also of studying for the pulpit, together with the state of my manuscripts, bearing a close relation to it, has repeatedly stopped me in the attempt to prepare a series of Discourses for the press. Having at length, so far at least, overcome these difficulties, I desire humbly to commit the present volume to the gracious Lord, beseeching Him that He will vouchsafe to use it to His own glory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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