Letter from Horace Sumner Lyman on preaching
Title
Letter from Horace Sumner Lyman on preaching
Description
Letter from Horace Sumner Lyman to his father, Reverend Horace Lyman. He discusses the difficulties of preaching.
Creator
Lyman, James
Is Part Of
Lyman Family Papers
Language
English
Identifier
PUA_MS31_42_o
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Source
Pacific University Archives
Format
Letter
Type
Text
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White salmon Nov 22 82
Dear Father,
I think of you very often. I have been thinking of you a good deal in connections with my work here. I [?] think for some time now [suppose] think for some time you had no longer audiences thou I can get together here. Thou live your life if your interests is your work. Thou live you [?] the feelings that it [?][?] make much difference [unbetter] you lid your lack of your [?]? How did you prevent the [?] stupidity and in [?][?] of much of your audiences from [?] your [?] to make your remorse [?] us keen and bright and [?] as [?]. if a man know that much of his good [?] will not be noticed he feels a gradual relinquishing of lying to make good points. My audiences do [appreciate] form and [?]. But few of them make a good point. I keep up my interest by thinking that I am in some way to some extent [?] the [?] and [?] by getting a bold [?] ensure and rough I am [?] myself to get [?] if [?] kinds. If I can learn to interest such people as these I can surely interest those of higher cultures. I think it will work as I thought, with me and I suppose it is so will all, a quiet [?] of the strength of [?] I say depends upon the audiences. There is a [?] about our audiences that electrifies a speaker if I feel the lack of this I feel weak. A small [?] audience does not furnish much magnetism. So I learn to defend upon my own mind mere in this way I am able to be more self - [?] and [?] I do speak before a large audiences I feel this [?] much more. If a man gets into the habit of defending upon a large audiences, when he gives before a small one he will feel entirely spiritually. But if he learns to speak audiably before a small audience; before a large one he will double his forever.
I have been to the Dalles and will go to Hood River next Sunday a Friday [?].
The Weather has been off and on for a month. It is on today. It is a close fit today. Clouds heave from mountain top to mountain top and the air is grey with rain. It tried hailing a little yesterday and snowing a little today. But was not [?] enough in this Gorge to allow much of that [?][?][?][?].
Well, [?] write,
H.S Lyman
Dear Father,
I think of you very often. I have been thinking of you a good deal in connections with my work here. I [?] think for some time now [suppose] think for some time you had no longer audiences thou I can get together here. Thou live your life if your interests is your work. Thou live you [?] the feelings that it [?][?] make much difference [unbetter] you lid your lack of your [?]? How did you prevent the [?] stupidity and in [?][?] of much of your audiences from [?] your [?] to make your remorse [?] us keen and bright and [?] as [?]. if a man know that much of his good [?] will not be noticed he feels a gradual relinquishing of lying to make good points. My audiences do [appreciate] form and [?]. But few of them make a good point. I keep up my interest by thinking that I am in some way to some extent [?] the [?] and [?] by getting a bold [?] ensure and rough I am [?] myself to get [?] if [?] kinds. If I can learn to interest such people as these I can surely interest those of higher cultures. I think it will work as I thought, with me and I suppose it is so will all, a quiet [?] of the strength of [?] I say depends upon the audiences. There is a [?] about our audiences that electrifies a speaker if I feel the lack of this I feel weak. A small [?] audience does not furnish much magnetism. So I learn to defend upon my own mind mere in this way I am able to be more self - [?] and [?] I do speak before a large audiences I feel this [?] much more. If a man gets into the habit of defending upon a large audiences, when he gives before a small one he will feel entirely spiritually. But if he learns to speak audiably before a small audience; before a large one he will double his forever.
I have been to the Dalles and will go to Hood River next Sunday a Friday [?].
The Weather has been off and on for a month. It is on today. It is a close fit today. Clouds heave from mountain top to mountain top and the air is grey with rain. It tried hailing a little yesterday and snowing a little today. But was not [?] enough in this Gorge to allow much of that [?][?][?][?].
Well, [?] write,
H.S Lyman