Excerpt from The Fascination of the Book Illuminative Methods with the Word. One of the chapters, The Strength of the Pulpit, was given nearly in its present form as a Commencement Ad dress to the graduates of the Omaha Theological Seminary in May, 1906. Most of the suggestions offered here have been brought to the test of actual experience in church work. The author indulges a prayerful hope that these studies, the result of close attention in the pastorate and in the college class room, may contribute something to the growth of interest in the Book. 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.