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contest with error, and admantine indeed must be the prejudice which does not give way before their force. Another remarkable feature in his sermons, and which, doubtless, adds much to his popularity as a preacher, is the adaptation of his language to every capacity. Whether dealing in the most abstruse criticism, the sublimest metaphors, or the most logical argumentation, he may be easily understood by the most illiterate of his auditors. It is not, therefore, in the estimation of the learned only, that he occupies the foremost rank of popular preachers, but equally so with the unlearned, all classes flocking with avidity to hear his discourses, which are not only delightful but profitable to the hearer. May he long live a blessing to the Church and the world!

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Hutered according to the Act of Congress in the year 1835 by James BLongacre in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

4.J. Perry

The Province of the Pulpit to Elevate the World to the Standard of the Bible:

AN

ADDRESS

DELIVERED TO THE

STUDENTS OF THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,

AUBURN, N. Y.,

MARCH 15, 1864,

BY

REV. E. A. HUNTINGTON, D. D.

PUBLISHED BY REQUEST OF THE STUDENTS.

AUBURN :

KNAPP & PECK, PRINTERS, DAILY ADVERTISER OFFICE.

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