Oratory Sacred and Secular

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Author

Pittenger, William, 1840-1904

Title

Oratory Sacred and Secular; Or, The Extemporaneous Speaker With Sketches of the Most Eminent Speakers of All Ages

Credits

Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

Oratory

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 55174

Release Date

July 23, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Oratory Sacred and Secular : OR, THE Extemporaneous Speaker, WITH SKETCHES OF THE MOST EMINENT SPEAKERS OF ALL AGES
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.INTRODUCTORY LETTER.
5. 5.PART I. GENERAL PREPARATION. — CHAPTER I. THE WRITTEN AND EXTEMPORE DISCOURSE COMPARED. — CHAPTER II. PREREQUISITES—INTELLECTUAL COMPETENCY—STRENGTH OF BODY—COMMAND OF LANGUAGE—COURAGE—FIRMNESS. — CHAPTER III. BASIS OF SPEECH—THOUGHT AND EMOTION—HEART CULTIVATION. — CHAPTER IV. ACQUIREMENTS.—KNOWLEDGE, GENERAL—OF BIBLE, OF THEOLOGY, OF MEN. — CHAPTER V. CULTIVATION—IMAGINATION—LANGUAGE—GESTURE—CONFIDENCE.
6. 6.PART II. A SERMON. — CHAPTER I. THE FOUNDATION—SUBJECT—OBJECT—TEXT. — CHAPTER II. THE PLAN—THOUGHT-GATHERING—ARRANGING—COMMITTING. — CHAPTER III. PRELIMINARIES—FEAR—VIGOR—OPENING EXERCISES. — CHAPTER IV. THE DIVISIONS—INTRODUCTION—DISCUSSION—CONCLUSION. — CHAPTER V. AFTER CONSIDERATIONS—SUCCESS—REST—IMPROVEMENT.
7. 7.PART III. MISCELLANEOUS ADDRESSES. — CHAPTER I. INSTRUCTIVE ADDRESS. — CHAPTER II. MISCELLANEOUS ADDRESS—LEGAL—DELIBERATE—POPULAR—CONTROVERSIAL.
8. 8.PART IV. EMINENT EXTEMPORE SPEAKERS. — EMINENT SPEAKERS. — USE OF EXAMPLES. — EARLY PREACHING IN THE CHURCH. — AUGUSTINE. — LUTHER. — LORD CHATHAM. — WILLIAM PITT. — EDMUND BURKE. — MIRABEAU. — PATRICK HENRY. — GEORGE WHITEFIELD. — JOHN WESLEY. — SIDNEY SMITH. — F. W. ROBERTSON. — HENRY CLAY. — HENRY B. BASCOM. — JOHN SUMMERFIELD. — C. H. SPURGEON. — HENRY WARD BEECHER. — ANNA E. DICKINSON. — JOHN A. BINGHAM. — WILLIAM E. GLADSTONE. — MATTHEW SIMPSON. — WENDELL PHILLIPS. — JOHN P. DURBIN. — NEWMAN HALL.
9. 9.APPENDIX. — I. THE CHAIRMAN’S GUIDE. ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS IN VARIOUS MEETINGS. — RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLIES. — ANNIVERSARIES, CELEBRATIONS, ETC. — LITERARY AND EDUCATIONAL SOCIETIES. — WARD, DISTRICT, OR TOWNSHIP MEETINGS. — DELEGATED BODIES. — CONTINUED MEETINGS. — II. GENERAL RULES OF ORDER. QUORUM—RULES—DECISION. — OFFICERS. — PRESIDING OFFICER. — RECORDING OFFICER. — MEMBERS. — MOTIONS. — PREFERRED MOTIONS. — DEBATE. — PUTTING THE QUESTION. — COMMITTEES.
10. 10.TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

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