Address to the Society of Alumni of Union Theological Seminary, Va., on the Simplicity of Pulpit Style

1853 address urging simplicity and directness in pulpit style, arguing rhetoric should aid persuasion not ornament. Also includes a review of Merle d’Aubigné’s history of the English Reformation.

Robert Lewis Dabney (1820–1898) was a Southern Presbyterian minister, theologian, and educator best known for his influential teaching and writing within nineteenth-century Reformed theology. He served for many years as a professor at Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, where he shaped generations of Presbyterian ministers through his lectures in systematic and pastoral theology. Dabney was also a prolific author whose theological works and essays continue to be published and read for their rigor, clarity, and strong confessional commitments.

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