Title
Building Sermons with Symphonic 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 Symphonic Sermons 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 14 examples of this technique; an additional 17 appear in Symphonic Sermons.
Publication Date
1926
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, "Building Sermons with Symphonic Themes" (1926). Stidger, William Le Roy, 1885-1949. 15.
https://mds.marshall.edu/stidger_williamleroy/15
Comments
Marshall does not own this book; according to WorldCat, the nearest physical copy is at Kentucky Christian University in Grayson. It is under copyright through 2021, but an electronic copy may be borrowed via the Internet Archive.