Hints on Extemporaneous Preaching

This book is Hints on Extemporaneous Preaching. It has written about the Advantages of Extemporaneous Preaching and Disadvantages Objections considered. It is the object of this little work, to draw the attention of those who are preparing for the christian ministry, or who have just entered it, to a mode of preaching which the writer thinks has been too much discountenanced and despised; but which, under proper restrictions, he is persuaded may add greatly to the opportunities of ministerial usefulness. It is a little remarkable that, while some classes of christians do not tolerate the preaching of a written discourse, others have an equal prejudice against all sermons which have not been carefully precomposed. This then is the one thing essential to be attained and cherished by the Christian preacher. With this he must begin, and with this he must go on to the end.