S36 THE AUTHOR DEDICATES THIS GUIDE BOOK TO THE Sacred Heart And His Immaculate Mother TO WHOM HE COMMENDS ALL WHO USE THIS MEANS OF PERFECTING THEMSELVES IN DELIVERING THE DIVINE MESSAGE The Very Rev. John F. Fenlon, S. S., D.D., Provincial of the Sulpicians in the United States, writes as follows: "My dear Mr. Schultz: "SULPICIAN SEMINARY "I have read your book on Sacred Eloquence, with interest and pleasure. It fulfilled the expectations raised by your lectures to our students, which they found interesting and inspiring. I like above all the thoroughly Catholic spirit running through all the work; its whole tone vibrates with faith and devotion. "The student who drinks in your teaching will have a high esteem of the preacher's duty and a conviction of the need of proper preparation for his office. He will obtain an excellent idea of the structure of a sermon, of the need of correct, forceful language, of a vivid style, and of genuine feeling. You then weld the connection between the preacher's own character and inner life, and his work as a teacher and inspirer of souls. "No student can master your work without deriving from it much spiritual benefit as well as many practical helps for the Ministry of the Word. The book ought to be widely used by seminarians, and Priests could also profit by it. "With kind regards, I am "Sincerely yours, JOHN F. FENLON." The Very Rev. John P. M. Doyle, T.O. R., D.D., LL. D., Minister Provincial of the Third Order Regular of Saint Francis, gives the following commendation: "My dear Doctor Schultz: "The study of sacred eloquence is not only useful to the priest but an essential requisite for the proper performance of one of his most sacred duties. Your effort to give to seminarians a practical guide for the composition and delivery of sermons in your 'Sacred Eloquence' is very laudable, fills a real need in seminary text-books and will, I feel sure, fulfill its mission. Not only the theory of sacred eloquence finds a clear and concise exposition in your book but in your analytical plans for sermons the young levite will find abundant suggestion and many practical applications of the Gospel message to souls. 66 'Asking God to bless your work and you, I remain April 15th, 1926. JOHN P. M. DOYLE, T. O. R., |