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"Dandæus, dandæus verbum erat," says his Riv'rence, O, the dear man, but it's himself that was handy ever and always at getting out ov a hobble, "dandæus verbum erat," says he, "quod dicturus eram, cum me intherpillavisti." "Ast ego dico," says the Pope very sharp, "quod verbum erat dandy." "Per tibicinem qui coram Mose modulatus est," says his Riv'rence, "id flagellat mundum!
Charles’s direction: “Id omnino studebit, ut quod in concione dicturus est antea bene cognitum habeat.” Nay, is it not expressly conveyed in the Scripture phrase of “preaching the word”? for what is meant by “the word” but a proposition addressed to the intellect? nor will a preacher’s earnestness show itself in anything more unequivocally than in his rejecting, whatever be the temptation to admit it, every remark, however original, every period, however eloquent, which does not in some way or other tend to bring out this one distinct proposition which he has chosen.
Now consider St. Carlo’s direction, as quoted above: “Id omnino studebit, ut quod in concione dicturus est, antea bene cognitum habeat.” Now a parish priest has neither time nor occasion for any but elementary and ordinary topics; and any such subject he has habitually made his own, “cognitum habet,” already; but when the matter is of a more select and occasional character, as in the case of a University Sermon, then the preacher has to study it well and thoroughly, and master it beforehand.
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