Title
Symphonic Sermons: A New Method in Homiletics and Its Effective Use with Sermons and Suggested Themes
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Description
Stidger discusses what he calls “symphonic sermonizing” in Chapter I of That God’s House May Be Filled. The unidentified editor of this book summarizes Stidger’s method in these words: “The plan that he adopted was to get two lines of poetry which exactly summed up the thought that he wanted to set forth in his text. Then, after every illustration in his sermon, and after every division, he would sing this symphonic theme into the hearts of his congregations, linking it up with his text” (pp. vii-viii).
The book contains 17 examples of this technique, along with a chapter entitled “One Hundred and Sixty Selected Symphonic Themes” and 8 outlines that the “busy preacher” can use, working “the sermons out according to his own personal needs, desires, talents, and personality” (p. 312). An additional 14 discourses appear in Building Sermons with Symphonic Themes.
Publication Date
1924
Publisher
George H. Doran Company
City
New York
Keywords
Appalachia, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, William Le Roy Stidger, Methodist Episcopal Church, Sermons
Disciplines
Appalachian Studies | Digital Humanities | Other Religion | Rhetoric
Recommended Citation
Stidger, William Le Roy, "Symphonic Sermons: A New Method in Homiletics and Its Effective Use with Sermons and Suggested Themes" (1924). Stidger, William Le Roy, 1885-1949. 14.
https://mds.marshall.edu/stidger_williamleroy/14
Comments
Marshall does not own this book; according to WorldCat, the nearest physical copy is at Emory & Henry College in Emory, Virginia. Like all books published in the United States in the early 20th century, it is now in the public domain.