Henry Bidleman Bascom - Bascom As Pulpit Orator

Bascom As Pulpit Orator

The Bishop Matthew Simpson, in his Cyclopaedia of Methodism (18xx), wrote about Rev. Henry Bidleman Bascom's pulpit ministry:

"At one point, he was perhaps the most popular pulpit orator in the United States. His sermons, though long, did not weary the people. They were evidently prepared with great care. As is often the case, in reading his sermons we miss the brilliancy and vivacity of the living speaker. He was a man of remarkably fine personal appearance, and had a voice of great compass and power."