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... Church alone . O the time , the learning , the consul- tation of authorities , the throes of intellect and imagination which are expended on their production ! Yet what does it all come to ? V. Theoretically one would be disposed to say ...
... Church alone . O the time , the learning , the consul- tation of authorities , the throes of intellect and imagination which are expended on their production ! Yet what does it all come to ? V. Theoretically one would be disposed to say ...
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... , I accidentally took into church a sermon I had preached the previous Sunday , and did not discover it till I was in the pulpit . Unfortunately I am not an extempore preacher , and was compelled to go on THE RECTOR AND THE VICAR 7.
... , I accidentally took into church a sermon I had preached the previous Sunday , and did not discover it till I was in the pulpit . Unfortunately I am not an extempore preacher , and was compelled to go on THE RECTOR AND THE VICAR 7.
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... Church , the congre- gation retiring . L. O dear ! D. What is the matter ? L. That sermon ! D. I did not hear it . In view of the possibility of being called out , I always sit towards the end of the church . The enuncia- tion of our ...
... Church , the congre- gation retiring . L. O dear ! D. What is the matter ? L. That sermon ! D. I did not hear it . In view of the possibility of being called out , I always sit towards the end of the church . The enuncia- tion of our ...
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... church who cannot be heard in it ? But you had no loss . The sermon was the dullest of the dull ; yet it lasted half an hour by my watch . D. Why don't they let us have the prayers without a sermon ? L. Not one in ten would go to church ...
... church who cannot be heard in it ? But you had no loss . The sermon was the dullest of the dull ; yet it lasted half an hour by my watch . D. Why don't they let us have the prayers without a sermon ? L. Not one in ten would go to church ...
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... provided ? D. Recent church progress has not af fected preaching as one might have thought it would . Services have been brightened , hymn- ology has been materially developed , all the other accessories 16 COLLOQUIES ON PREACHING.
... provided ? D. Recent church progress has not af fected preaching as one might have thought it would . Services have been brightened , hymn- ology has been materially developed , all the other accessories 16 COLLOQUIES ON PREACHING.
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