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This is well borne out and illustrated by an eminent writer who has never been suspected of giving encouragement to emotionalism—‘The chief characteristics of the eloquence suited to the pulpit, as distinguished from the other kinds of public speaking, appear to me to be these two—gravity and warmth. The serious nature of the subjects belonging to the pulpit requires gravity—their importance to mankind requires warmth.’ Dr. Blair’s Lectures, Lect. xxix.—On the Eloquence of the Pulpit. Again he remarks—‘Gravity and warmth united, form that character of preaching which the French call unction—the affecting, penetrating, interesting manner, flowing from a strong sensibility of heart in the Preacher to the importance of those truths which he delivers, and an earnest desire, that they make a full impression on the hearts of his hearers.’