Download or read book Sanctified Spice, Or Pungent Seasonings From the Pulpit (Classic Reprint) written by Madison C. Peters and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-19 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Sanctified Spice, or Pungent Seasonings From the Pulpit Edward Irving published four discourses under the title of "Orations," giving as the reason that the very word "sermon" was indicative of dullness. We send forth these homely selections from our sermons, preludes, and Friday night talks under the title of "Sanctified Spice," because we believe that brightness, sarcasm and wit have a rightful place in the pulpit. Short sermons are insisted on by the taste of the day. Why this impatience of preaching? Is it not because sermons lack the things that glow, brighten, convince, subdue - "thoughts that breathe and words that burn"? There may be some things in these pages that will cause you to smile. I have yet to learn that it is a greater sin to smile than to sleep in church, or that sinners will be attracted if the countenance be somber and the voice sepulchral. 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.