Religion - Philosophy

"'Tis Sixty Years Since" - Address of Charles Francis Adams; Founders' Day, January 16, 1913In the single hour self-allotted for my part in this occasion there is much ground to cover,--the time is short, and I have far to go. Did I now, therefore,...

"About My Father's Business": Work Amidst the Sick, the Sad, and the SorrowingWould it not be useful to ask ourselves the question whether we are forgetting the true meaning of "charity" in the constant endeavour to take advantage of organized benevolent institutions, about the...

"America for Americans!" - The Typical American, Thanksgiving SermonDear Sir: The universal approval by every loyal, liberty-loving American citizen who listened to your Thanksgiving sermon yesterday, together with the philosophic and fearless manner with which the great themes therein discussed were treated, prompts a...

"Bear ye one another's burdens." A Plain Sermon on the Lancashire DistressThere are certain burdens which every man must bear for himself, which none can bear for him. Such are the burdens brought upon him by sinfear, remorse, punishment. Such again are the burdens...

"Beautiful Thoughts"The epigrammatic style lends itself to quotation. Taste of the spring brings the traveller back to the same fountain on a day of greater leisure. Many times these "Beautiful Thoughts" have enlightened my darkness, and I send them forth with a hope and...

"Billy" Sunday, the Man and His Message - With his own words which have won thousands for ChristThe entire contents of this book are protected by the stringent new copyright law, and all persons are warned not to attempt to reproduce the text, in...

"Born of the Spirit;" or, Gems from the Book of Life My reasons for writing and publishing this book are: 1Ibelieve that the Lord wanted me to. The burden has been on my heart for years to do this very thing. 2Ihave a great...

"Father Clark," or The Pioneer PreacherThe incidents, manners and customs of frontier life in the country once called the Far West,now the valley of the Mississippi, are interesting to all classes. The religious events and labors of good men in works of faith and...

"Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) - The New Testament, with a Sketch of the Subsequent History of the Jews.The New Testament has been treated in a manner somewhat different to that adopted in regard to the Books of the Old Testament. The object has...

"He was buried." A Sermon for Easter EvenWho has not witnessed a funeral! Who is unacquainted with the emotions that possess the heart whilst carrying the remains of a beloved friend to the grave! And even when we have no interest in the deceased...

"Hear Ye the Rod, and Who Hath Appointed It" - A Sermon for the Fast Day, October 7, 1857We believe that there is a God: that this God is the Maker and Preserver of all things visible and invisible; that He does now and...

"Mormon" Doctrine Plain and Simple; Or, Leaves from the Tree of LifeThere is no subject of popular comment on which there is so little general information as that called "Mormonism." This little work is designed to explain, in a simple way, leading features of...

"My Visit to Tolstoy": Five DiscoursesTranscriber's Notes: Blank pages have been eliminated. Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in the original. A few typographical errors have been corrected. The cover page was created by the transcriber and can be considered public...

"Nothing Between" - The Special Doctrines Vindicated at the Reformation as Bearing upon the Spiritual Life of the ChurchIt is a glorious subject that your Committee has entrusted to my care, and I consider it no small privilege to have been led by your...

"Say Fellows—" - Fifty Practical Talks with Boys on Life's Big Issues"My teacher told me to write a composition on the last picture I looked at," said Henry, a sixth grader, when he came in from school the other day. "I had seen a...

"The Kingdom of God Is Within You" - Christianity Not as a Mystic Religion but as a New Theory of LifeIn the year 1884 I wrote a book under the title "What I Believe," in which I did in fact make a sincere statement...

"The Kingdom of God Is Within You" - Christianity Not as a Mystic Religion but as a New Theory of LifeIn the year 1884 I wrote a book under the title "What I Believe," in which I did in fact make a sincere statement...

"The Numbering of the People" - A Sermon in conjunction with the census of 1861 preached in St. Thomas' Church, Islington, on Sunday Evening, April 7This Sermon was not written with a view to publication. I have consented to its being printed at the...

"Thirty Years In Hell" Or, "From Darkness to Light"The structure which I refer to, is the structure of "SPIRITUAL LIBERTY," as the spiritual part of man must have room to expand and grow the same as any other God-given privilege that man is blessed...

'Een vaste burg is onze God' - de kerkhervorming herdacht op haar vierde eeuwfeest, 1517—31 October—1917Overduidelijke druk- en spelfouten in het origineel zijn gecorrigeerd; deze zijn voorzien van een dunne rode stippellijn, waarbij de Brontekst via een zwevende pop-up beschikbaar is. Variaties in spelling...