The Decadence of Preaching

Excerpt from The Decadence of Preaching: An Indictment, and a Remedy It is singularly unfortunate that during the last half-century there has been a tendency to despise this profoundly press ing part of ministerial duty. In an age when a wave of scepticism is passing over the population, it might have been thought that the right to the pulpit would have had an extra value in the eyes of all the clergy; and that the preliminary prepara tion before they took Orders would be complete and thorough, and the study for each address earnest and serious. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.