He Pulpit Orators of France and Switzerland

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Excerpt from He Pulpit Orators of France and Switzerland: Sketches of Their Character, and Specimens of Their EloquenceThe literature of the pulpit has been complained of as me gre and uninteresting, and certainly it must be confessed, that in the present day few things are less readable than a volume Of sermons. Nor can this be ascribed altogether to the in¿u ence Of scepticism and irreligion. The great body Of the peo ple, who more or less revere Christianity, listen, with apparent interest, to discourses from the pulpit, but the instant these are transferred to the printed page, they turn away from them with indifference or aversion. This may be owing in part to the fashion of the times, which changes in matters of reading, as much as in any thing else, after all, we must look for the main source of the dificulty in the Discourses themselves. They have enjoyed, perhaps, a brief life in the pulpit. By means of look, tone, and gesture, and the introduction here and there of extemporaneous touches, ¿ashing, like lightning, from the soul, they are made to assume, for the time at least, the aspect of life and power. But their vitality is 'feeble and evanescent, and easily escapes from the languid frame-work, when committed to the pages Of a. Printed book. Which thus performs the 0500 of a respectable tomb. In this way go down to silence and Oblivion untold myriads of orthodox, and, as some may call them, eloquent sermons.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.