The Clergy and the Pulpit in Their Relations to the People.

by Isidore Mullois

first, true and natural;
secondly, concentrated;
thirdly, edifying

It should be cultivated.
How cultivated by the Society of Jesus Suggestions.

Chapter XI. … [Page 275]
Study.

Study a Duty
The State of the World calls for Knowledge on the part of the Clergy.
Knowledge has always been one of the Glories of Religion.
All the eminent Men in the Church were Men of Study.
Reasons adduced for not studying, answered:

Want of Leisure,
Natural Aptitude,
The Plea of having already studied sufficiently;
That one is fully equal to the Requirements of the People committed to his Charge.

Chapter XII. … [Page 287]
Zeal.

The Excellency of Zeal.
Love for the Body should be coupled with Love for the Soul.
The Zeal of the Wicked.
How Zeal should be exercised.
Associations:

of Apprentices,
of Operatives,
Conferences of Saint Vincent de Paul,
of Domestics,
of Clerks,
of the Young.

Circulation of good Books.
Happy Results of the same.
The Advantages and Difficulties of Opposition.
Great Occasions.