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Show The New York ieraW has a few sensible words to say upon the subject of short sermons, which will apply to many other cities. Dr. Morgan Dix1 ot 'irinity church, New York, ia quoted quo-ted as an example worthy of imitation. His sermons are model of brevity, force and effectiveness. Many clergymen clergy-men destroy the entire efl'ect ot a good discourse by spinning it out beyond be-yond the patience ot their audience. Twenty, or at tue most thirty minutes is long enough for any sermon; and yet there have been drones so fond of "hearing themselves talk that once wound up, they go forever. "The most successful pulpit orators," says ihe Herald, "are those who comprehend compre-hend how the mtlhods ot religious Leaching have been modified by the intlueuco of the press." A good article arti-cle as well as a giod sermon should be 6hort, concise and to the point, And no clergyman wiio desires to impress im-press his hearers should forgc-t that alt-important maxim. |