It was far more than mere intellectual curiosity that gave rise to the present investigation. The basic motivation was a deep-seated conviction that the man in the pulpit occupies a position of unrivaled significance in the life and destiny of his fellow man. Standing at the crossroads of time and eternity, he has the exalted privilege to prolong in time that mighty redemptive act of God which in one sense belongs to a specific date in the Roman Imperial Age. As he speaks, somehow his words