A Sermon for Any Day
The Torments of Hell

BEECHER. HENRY WARD 1813-1887
Raising the Flag over Fort Sumter
Effect of the Death of Lincoln

BELHAVEN, LORD 1656-1708
A Plea for the National Life of Scotland

BELL, JOHN 1797-1869
Against Extremists, North and South
Transcontinental Railroads

BENJAMIN, JUDAH P. 1811-1884
Farewell to the Union
Slavery as Established by Law




PREFACE

Oratory is the masterful art. Poetry, painting, music, sculpture,
architecture please, thrill, inspire; but oratory rules. The orator
dominates those who hear him, convinces their reason, controls their
judgment, compels their action. For the time being he is master.
Through the clearness of his logic, the keenness of his wit, the
power of his appeal, or that magnetic something which is felt and
yet cannot be defined, or through all together, he sways his