Brooks' Addresses
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Overview
Includes six Addresses; The Beauty of a life of Service, Thought and Action, The Duty of the Christian Business Man, True Liberty, The Christ in Whom Christians Believe and Abraham Lincoln. About the Author Dr. Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) has been called "the greatest American preacher of the nineteenth century." He attended the Boston Latin School, Harvard University (where Phillips Brooks House was named after him) and the Virginia Theological Seminary. He became an Episcopal priest in 1860 and served in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was known for his support of freeing the slaves and allowing former slaves to vote. In 1869, he became rector of Trinity Church in Boston. In 1872, he helped design the Trinity Church building which stands in Boston's Back Bay today. In 1891, he became Episcopal bishop of Massachusetts. Brooks also wrote the famous hymn "O Little Town of Bethlehem." He also delivered the sermon at President Abraham Lincoln's funeral.
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- Title: Brooks' Addresses
- Author: Phillips Brooks
- Publisher: Wordsearch
- Print Publication Date: 1900
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subjects: Preaching; Episcopal Church › Sermons; Lincoln, Abraham › 1809-1865; Sermons, American
- ISBNs: 9783842476042, 3842476043
- Resource ID: LLS:WS_F84BF4154B2B42A38625D78BA2D6683C
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T04:28:32Z