# Lehre und Wehre_St. Louis Missouri_December 1858_S378
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378 Literature.

even in the middle of a word one pauses and pronounces the remaining half
of the word only afterward, once one has drawn breath — whereas one ought
by rights to be guided by the punctuation marks in the sermon.

10. Impuritas pronuntiationis [impurity of pronunciation], when one does
not have a pure pronunciation, but pronounces certain consonants or vowels
differently than is customary in the place where one preaches. For
instance, if in our region one wished to say Christusch for Christus, ischt
for ist, Geischst for Geist, that would be an unusual pronunciation. Thus
some pronounce the O like an Au, as: der Saun Gottes for Sohn Gottes [the
Son of God]; others the A and U like an O, as: Ondere for Andere, Obend
for Abend, Hallelujo for Halleluja, ond for und; further, Laeben for
Leben, Haerz for Herz, Haerr for Herr, Mouses for Moses, Jeisus for
Jesus. Others tack all sorts of appendages onto words that do not belong
there, as: nehmlichen for nehmlich, ofte for oft, ewiglichen for ewiglich.
Others draw out syllables far too long that ought to be pronounced short,
as: dahs for das, zusahmen for zusammen, Gehiern for Gehirn, Kiend for
Kind. Likewise, when one speaks through the nose. Others, even in the holy
place, use a downright plebeian pronunciation, and contract and mutilate
the words, as the commonest rabble is wont to do; for example: "Durchs
Gebet können mer alles kriegen, was mer han wollen" [Through prayer we
can get whatever we want] — thus no people speak who have cultivated and
studied purity of style.

Many a man has such things about him and does not know it; he has taken
them on either from his native region, or from association with people
who have a corrupted pronunciation — for which reason he certainly has
cause to take care that he does not carry such things into the pulpit; for
these are faults that are to be avoided and corrected. But the natural
faults of the voice can sometimes be remedied by practice, as well as by
medicine."

(Submitted.)
Literature.

Addresses delivered at the inauguration of William M. Reynolds, D. D.,
as President of the Illinois State University, at Springfield, Tuesday,
July 29, 1858.

On the occasion of his induction into the office of president of the
university at Springfield, Illinois, Dr. Reynolds delivered an address
printed in the aforementioned pamphlet, in which he expresses himself
clearly and at length concerning his direction, and which is of
particular interest to us because it gives us insight into the spirit
that prevails in the institutions of learning of this country, and
especially of the General Synod. When he sets forth the super-