Scotland/Scots > Life of John Knox ; and, The life of Alexander Henderson

LIFE OF ALEXANDER HENDERSON. 47
public business, Mr. Henderson had little leisure for pre¬
paring works for the press. The few sermons of his
which were published, although composed hastily
amidst a multiplicity of avocations, afford very favour¬
able specimens of his talents, and justify the reputation
which he gained in this species of composition. As a
public speaker, he was eloquent, judicious, and popular.
His eloquence was easy but impressive ; grave but flu¬
ent. It was like the motion of a deep river,/ which
carries one along insensibly with a full tide, rather than
the rapidity of a swollen torrent. “ Wherever he preach¬
ed,” says Grainger, “it was to crowded audiences ; and
when he pleaded or argued he was regarded with mute
attention.”
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