Excerpt from Lectures in Pastoral Theology The greatest of American pulpit orators, Henry Ward Beecher, has defined oratory to be the art of influencing conduct with the truth set home by all the resources of the living man. All the resources of the living man! - What a luminous, comprehensive phrase! What is it that first strikes an audience when one stands forth to make an address? It is the bodily presence. You remember that Wendell Phillips attributes the large part of an orator's success to an impressive appearance. Now Dr. George was favored by nature with a commanding presence, a somewhat massive frame which filled the eye and satisfied it. Although a man of large proportions and plenitude of physique, he yet bore himself with a certain alert dignity, a vital ease, that gave a sense of buoyant security. The head was large and well shaped, set on ample shoulders, and covered by a beautiful crown of silver hair. The countenance was the most remarkable feature of the person; it was ruddy and beaming. Health seemed to shine from every feature of the face, which was dominated by a large, luminous, blue-gray eye, from which there constantly beamed a most benevolent look, full of grace and truth. The whole aspect could be expressed in one word, - magnanimous. For those clear orbs mirrored the large heart and the larger mind within. He looked the man of heart qualities he was, - of courage and courtesy. Among many qualities, his voice will be longest unforgotten. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.