To Preach the Gospel
The Zimmerman Lectures on Effective Preaching
To Preach the Gospel is a compendium of the five Zimmerman Lectures on Effective Preaching delivered by the Rev. Dr. Peter Marshall at Pennsylvania’s Gettysburg Seminary. Originally prepared for oral delivery in May 1944, each lecture has been fully annotated and explicated in endnotes for today’s reader. Published here for the first time, these Lectures are as relevant today as in the turbulent hours first delivered. Dr. Peter Marshall became Chaplin of the United States Senate. His transformational preaching has inspired millions around the world to follow in the steps of “a man called Peter.”
Includes Preface by Dr. Peter Marshall’s grandson, Peter Jonathan Marshall, Foreword by Ambassador Philip J. Lader, and Afterword by Reverend Linda LeSourd Lader. Also includes detailed Note on the methods and sources for the lectures prepared by historical researcher Margaret Shannon.
About the Author
57th Chaplain of the United States Senate, Dr. Peter Marshall was the inspirational Scots American who rose to become one of the most widely acclaimed twentieth-century ministers as pastor of New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington (Lincoln’s church). Here, his winsome personality and compelling sermons reached their greatest power and widest audience throughout the Second World War. Dr. Marshall’s luminous personal story is recounted in Catherine Marshall’s best-selling biography and the film “A Man Called Peter.”
Other Contributors
PREFACE: Peter Jonathan Marshall
Peter Marshall, grandson of Peter and Catherine Marshall and son of the late Peter and Edith Wallis Marshall, is the founder of Peter Marshall & Company CP in Texas. Peter is a graduate of The McCallie School and Presbyterian College.
FOREWARD: Philip Lader
Philip Lader, former U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s and member of President Clinton’s Cabinet, was Chairman of the global advertising/communications firm, WPP plc, Vice Chairman of RAND Corporation, Sr. Adviser to Morgan Stanley, and a director of Lloyds of London and numerous international companies. Educated at Duke, Michigan, Oxford and Harvard Law School, he served as president of two universities and was awarded honorary doctorates by 14 other universities.
AFTERWORD: Linda LeSourd Lader
Reverend Linda LeSourd Lader, the daughter of Leonard LeSourd and stepdaughter of Catherine Marshall, is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University and Yale Divinity School and is an ordained Presbyterian minister. Linda, with her husband Philip Lader, founded Renaissance Weekends in 1981, the non-partisan retreats that seek to build bridges between innovative leaders from diverse fields.
NOTE: Margaret Shannon
Margaret Shannon, a research historian with a B.A. in history and music from Transylvania University, established Washington Historical Research in 1978 at the urging of her mentor Catherine Marshall for whom she researched the novel, Julie. A curator of exhibitions at the Library of Congress, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and Washington National Cathedral, she is the Cathedral Choral Society’s award-winning program annotator. She has worked closely for over two decades with Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian Jon Meacham.
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