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Wendell Phillips, Theodore C. Pease, Speeches, Lectures and Letters of Wendell Phillips: Volume 2, The pulpit (1860). (search)
ow we come down to our day. We have things that call themselves pulpits. And here I want to read you my text. It consists of an extract from an apology of the Rev. Dr. Ellis, of Charlestown, for the stupidity of the pulpit. You observe that a clergyman never steps into an ordinary meeting and takes the platform, that one half tctric conflict. You do not need to have societies to preach to men the duty of going to Faneuil Hall. That organ plays itself. The real pulpit does not need Dr. Ellis's apology. It can hold its own against the lyceum. Lively talk and sparkling rattle are not what most deeply interests the human heart. One earnest sentence ws the thought, strengthens the virtue, and deepens the manhood of those who hear it. I wish, therefore, a pulpit like this, wholly unfettered. The reason why Dr. Ellis has to apologize for the pulpit is simply this. It is a melancholy truth, and it is a truth which seems harsh in the saying, but it is a true saying, and it is