The Preacher and His Audience

abstract action actually analysis anecdote appeal Arnold Bennett attention audience Book C. K. Ogden challenge Chapter Christian church communication conclusion congregation contrast convey developed diagram direct effective elements emotional emphasis Ernst Cassirer experience eyes factor gesture give goal group action hearer homiletics human humor I. A. Richards ideas illustration important individual involved joke language laugh laughter Leonard Bloomfield listener listener's literary Living Biographies major material matter meaning metaphor mind modern nature notes observer occasion one's Onomatopoeia oral particular persuasion phrases physical preacher preaching situation problem produce Psychology pulpit purpose recognized Reinhold Neibuhr religion religious rôle sense sentences sermon significant Silvester Horne single speak speaker speech Spurgeon stage fright statement stimuli story strong Stuart Chase style symbols tends Theological Seminary Library thought tion visual vital vivid vols W. H. D. Rouse words writer York