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Sermons of the Winter

 By Edward Everett Hale

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"Delivered in the South Congregational Church [Boston] between Sunday, September 18, 1892, and Sunday, June 11, 1893."

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Whittier - Page 74
I say " unconsciously " has written hymns, for Whittier was, to the end of his days, one of the Society of Friends, who sing no hymns in their public ...
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Jerusalem - Page 213
And exactly as the prophet Isaiah is a more interesting person than King Hezekiah, though King Hezekiah made a great deal more show in Jerusalem in ...
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Canterbury - Page 6
On this side of the ocean we have an advantage for the discussion of these duties which they have not in Canterbury. ...
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Boston - Page 262
Indeed, so far as I could find in quite wide inquiry, the only recollection of the great ceremony, to which the city of Boston had devoted its best ...
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Mayence - Page 217
I remember standing in the cathedral at Mayence, the first time I had ever been in one of the great Catholic cathedrals of Europe, and.
Cincinnati - Page 119
The ecclesiastical trials now in progress in Cincinnati and in the city of New York are merely an illustration of a determination of a set of hard men ...
Rome - Page 144
And so such a church as that at Rome proposes a human monarch who shall be the spiritual Father of the world. And he and his council shall direct a ...
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New York - Page 119
The ecclesiastical trials now in progress in Cincinnati and in the city of New York are merely an illustration of a determination of a set of hard men ...
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Andover - Page 43
This is, by the way, the difference between our theological schools and those of the strict sects — say at Andover or Princeton. ...
Portsmouth - Page 285
Every newspaper in New England, he said, an-nounced that there were roses in a church in Portsmouth. Our friend Charles Barnard used to say something ...
London - Page 90
And the contrast between that day and this day shows fairly enough the steady advance which has been made in London, even under the terribly ...
Berlin - Page 101
congregation by whose courtesy we assemble in this venerable edifice to-day; I knew when Berlin became one of the musical centres of the Commonwealth; ...
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Philadelphia - Page 175
in the Civil War he was holding Philadelphia up to its duty ; and young as he was, was teaching the most aristocratic of churches how democratic is ...
Chicago - Page 214
Chicago, than twenty Richards, or Geoffreys, or Raymonds, or Johns, or Thomas a Beckets could have had. It is very true that it is not very easy ...
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Cambridge - Page 264
Theatre, at Cambridge, and received the diploma which the college gave him. The newspapers of the next morning said kind things about the grace ...
Marseilles - Page 129
At the moment he had no more immediate command of his new riches, than Monte Cristo had when he was swim-ming for his life in the harbor of Marseilles ...
Princeton - Page 43
This is, by the way, the difference between our theological schools and those of the strict sects — say at Andover or Princeton. ...
Brooklyn - Page 78
All the same, in three different ministerial charges, one at Fall River, one at Brooklyn, one at Germantown, Pennsylvania, he illustrated, ...
San Francisco - Page 141
Thus, I know which way the wind blew at San Francisco last night. I know, if I choose, what was the revenue of the government last week or last year. ...
Staten Island - Page 72
For year after year — at his home on Staten Island—he regularly conducted the public services of the Unitarian church. ...
Saint Paul - Page 202
I do not remember who first called Saint Paul " the prince of gentlemen; " but the remark is perfectly true, and we cannot bear it in mind too ...
Albany - Page 17
of New York, at the capitol in Albany, and in the next chapter that he met a black woman at Harper's Ferry, we should at once ex-.
Paris - Page 44
I found it in Paris to be the re-ceived system of the Protestant churches. It was there organized so definitely that there was a sep-arate clergyman ...
Damascus - Page 162
And he says, — if you think he knows, you must believe, — he says to camel-drivers from Damascus, to shepherds from Edom, to fishermen from Bethsaida, ...

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And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.Page 122
And said unto the woman. Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.Page 22
Leaders of the people by their counsels, And by their knowledge of learning meet for the people, Wise and eloquent in their instructions : Such as found out musical tunes, And recited verses in writing: Rich men furnished with ability, Living peaceably in their habitations: All these were honoured in their generations, And were the glory of their times.Page 71
He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown : but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.Page 122
Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the stand; and it shineth uuto all that are in the house.Page 161
Not in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth ;" and at length Daylight's quiet eyes awoke to the fact, that the grassy knoll where flowers — tiny...Page 86
FATHER ! I bless thy name that I do live, And in each motion am made rich with thee, That when a glance is all that I can give, It is a kingdom's wealth if I but see ; This stately body cannot move, save I Will to its nobleness my little bring ; My voice its measured cadence will not try, Save I with every note consent to sing ; I cannot raise my hands to hurt or bless, But I with every action must conspire ; To show me there how little I possess, And yet that little more than I desire ; May each...Page 40
I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth. 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.Page 41
Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.Page 85
The catechism says that the chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy him forever, which of course is applicable mainly to God as seen in his works.Page 60

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