The Lyman Beecher Lectureship on Preaching was founded in 1871 by a gift from Henry W. Sage of Brooklyn, New York, to sponsor an annual series of lectures on a topic appropriate to the work of the ministry. This book compiles the 1975 series given by Gardner C. TAYLOR (1918-2015), Pastor, Concord Baptist Church of Christ, Brooklyn. Recognizing and removing the presumptuousness of preaching The foolishness of preaching Building a sermon Preaching the whole counsel of God Also included are transcriptions of 5 Lenten sermons by Taylor on "The Road To Calvary".