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Hints on extemporaneous preaching

Chapter 6: Footnotes
By Henry Ware
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Aimed at ministers and theological students, the author advocates for disciplined extemporaneous preaching, arguing it often produces greater naturalness, warmth, and immediacy than fully composed sermons. He surveys common objections and practical disadvantages, acknowledges individual differences in aptitude, and recommends perseverance and moral as well as intellectual preparation. Drawing comparisons with public speaking in other forums, he highlights how spontaneous delivery can enliven manner and gesture while warning against loose or careless practice. The book closes with concrete rules and safeguards designed to help preachers plan, structure, and deliver accurate, coherent, and edifying extemporaneous addresses.

Footnotes

  1. Europe; &c. by a Citizen of the United States. Return
  2. Middleton’s Life of Cicero, III. 324. Return
  3. Cecil’s Remains—a delightful little book. Return
  4. See his fourth Lecture on Pulpit Eloquence. Return
  5. Life, p. 268. Return
  6. Rees’ Cyclopædia. Return
  7. Sur l’Eloquence du Corps, ou L’Action du Prédicateur. Return
  8. Sur l’Eloquence du Corps, ou l’Action du Prédicateur. Return
  9. No. LXXI. p. 82. Return
  10. It is often said that extemporaneous speaking is the distinction of modern eloquence. But the whole language of Cicero’s rhetorical works, as well as particular terms in common use, and anecdotes recorded of different speakers, prove the contrary; not to mention Quinctilian’s express instructions on the subject. Hume, also, tells us from Suidas, that the writing of speeches was unknown until the time of Pericles. Return
  11. Nemo potest de eâ re, quam non novit, non turpissime dicere. Cic. de Or. Return
  12. De Or. iii. 31. Return