Excerpt from David's Prayer for Solomon: A Sermon Preached at the Request of the American Sunday-School Union, in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, on Sunday Evening, June 5, 1864
I have taken, as my text, David's prayer for Solomon. It represents the best desire of every present in behalf of every future that is coming up to take its place. It is the truest prayer of every father for every son; of every age for the new age that is to follow it. And, since every human effort ought to be towards the fulfilment Of the highest human prayers, it will follow that this petition of the old Hebrew king contains not merely the desire of every present in behalf of every future, but, likewise, a sketch 'of the method by which the fulfilment of that desire must be sought. It becomes then, you see, the announce ment of a theory of education, and-as such I wish to speak of it to-night, drawing out of a very Simple exposition of its phrases a statement of some of the principles which ought to regulate a great education society.
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I have taken, as my text, David's prayer for Solomon. It represents the best desire of every present in behalf of every future that is coming up to take its place. It is the truest prayer of every father for every son; of every age for the new age that is to follow it. And, since every human effort ought to be towards the fulfilment Of the highest human prayers, it will follow that this petition of the old Hebrew king contains not merely the desire of every present in behalf of every future, but, likewise, a sketch 'of the method by which the fulfilment of that desire must be sought. It becomes then, you see, the announce ment of a theory of education, and-as such I wish to speak of it to-night, drawing out of a very Simple exposition of its phrases a statement of some of the principles which ought to regulate a great education society.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comwww.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Phillips Brooks was an American clergyman and author, who briefly served as Bishop of Massachusetts in the Episcopal Church during the early 1890s.
In 1859 he graduated from Virginia Theological Seminary, was ordained deacon by Bishop William Meade of Virginia, and became rector of the Church of the Advent, Philadelphia. In 1860 he was ordained priest, and in 1862 became rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, where he remained seven years, gaining an increasing name as preacher and patriot.
In 1877 Brooks published a course of lectures upon preaching, which he had delivered at the theological school of Yale University, and which are an expression of his own experience. In 1879 appeared the Bohlen Lectures on The Influence of Jesus. In 1878 he published his first volume of sermons, and from time to time issued other volumes, including Sermons Preached in English Churches (1883).
Today, he is probably best known for authoring the Christmas carol "O Little Town of Bethlehem".
He was born in Boston in 1835 and educated at Harvard and at Virginia Theological Seminary. After ten years of ministry at two churches in Philadelphia, he returned to Boston in 1869 and was rector of Trinity Church there until 1891. He was then elected Bishop of Massachusetts, and died two years later.
Phillips Brooks is best known today as the author of "O Little Town of Bethlehem." Former generations, however, accounted him the greatest American preacher of the nineteenth century (and not for lack of other candidates). His sermons are still read.... Show more