by W. G. T. Shedd
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MOST of the materials of this treatise were originally composed, in the form of Lectures, in the years 1852 and 1853, when the author held the Professorship of Sacred Rhetoric and Pastoral Theology, in Auburn Theological Seminary. Upon entering on other lines of study and instruction, they were thrown aside. Several of them, within the last two years, have appeared in the American Theological Review, and the interest which they seemed to awaken has led to the revision of the whole series, and to their combination (with two or three other Essays, upon kindred topics), into the form of a book. Although constructed in this manner, the author believes that one "increasing purpose" runs through the volume, and hopes that it may serve to promote, what is now the great need of the Church, a masculine and vigorous Rhetoric, wedded with an earnest and active Pastoral zeal.
NEW YORK, February 16, 1867.
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Table of Contents
PREFATORY NOTE
PART I: HOMILETICS
CHAPTER I: Relation of Sacred Eloquence to Biblical Exegesis
CHAPTER II: Distinctive Nature of Homiletics and Reasons for its Cultivation
CHAPTER III: Fundamental Properties of Style
CHAPTER IV: General Maxims for Sermonizing
CHAPTER V: Special Maxims for Sermonizing
CHAPTER VI: The different Species of Sermons
CHAPTER VII: The Nature and Choice of a Text
CHAPTER VIII: The Plan of a Sermon
CHAPTER IX: Extemporaneous Preaching
CHAPTER X: The Matter, Manner, and Spirit of Preaching
CHAPTER XI: Reciprocal Relations of Preacher and Hearer
CHAPTER XII: Liturgical Cultivation of the Preacher
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PART II: PASTORAL THEOLOGY
CHAPTER I: Definition of Pastoral Theology
CHAPTER II: Religious Character and Habits of the Clergyman
CHAPTER III: Intellectual Character and Habits of the Clergyman
CHAPTER IV: Social and Professional Character of the Clergyman
CHAPTER V: Pastoral Visiting
CHAPTER VI: Catechising