THE ORATORY OF CHALMERS
[From " Thomas Chalmers, TXD." Bv DommV D.D.] ' Frw f, No one disputes that ho was a great on' one who could rouse, convince, entrance I•" audience. A countryman, afterhearin" him 15 gave it as the supreme evidence of his pov that "the people daur no' hoa.H till l le |. them." Scottish congregations have an in' veterate habit of coughing, and often tcennn a sort of platoon fire all through the scivjc Chalmers seems to have had such command" over tliem that they held their breath til! h reached his period ; then some sighed and the rest fired their cough as a volley. TW another silence, and another volley to follow But the oratorical grandeur of Chalmers has more distinguished witnesses, winnin-r p ,'ji did spontaneous and glowing tributes from such consummate judges of eloquence as Canning, Jeffery, Cockburn, and Gladstone The influence, however, of oratory ;i evanescent. The address may be reported' the sermon published, but the projecting power and kindling ardour of the speaker are gone.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6213, 15 October 1881, Page 6
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171THE ORATORY OF CHALMERS New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6213, 15 October 1881, Page 6
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