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culture, for students of theology. The style of voice, adapted to
the correct and impressive reading of a hymn, the Scriptures, or
a sermon, requires special attention and study, and a separate
course of practice. The delivery of a discourse from the pulpit,
demands an appropriate training, distinct from that of popular
oratory.-The materials and the suggestions for such cultivation,
the present volume is designed to supply.

The plan on which the contents of the following pages, are
arranged, embraces,

1st, Introductory Observations on the importance of Elocu-
tion, as a department of Theological Study.

2d, Remarks on the effect of Manner, in Voice and Gesture,
as exemplified in the pulpit.

3d, A brief Summary of the most important Principles of
Elocution, with particular reference to their exemplification in
the reading of the Scriptures, hymns, and sermons.

4th, Exercises in these forms of reading, selected and arranged
for the particular application of rules and principles.

5th, A brief statement of the Principles of Gesture.

6th, Miscellaneous Extracts, for practice in Reading and Speak-
ing, intended to be analyzed by the student, and classified, in
their various contents, under the points of practical elocution
which they illustrate.

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