Sunny Memories of Three PastoratesIf I were to say that in looking over my life as a pastor, it seemed to me that I had but one charge, and that was in Schenectady, I might be doing injustice to my fellow-Christians in Boston and Ithaca, who were co-workers with me; and yet I should not be far from the truth in uttering my feelings thus; for, apart from the freshness of first love, there was, between the edifice itself and my boyhood dreams, a providential link of endearment of which I shall tell.-from "In the Home Land Again-Schenectady"Cosy and intimate, these recollections of a life in the service of God make up a warm and heartfelt professional autobiography of a man who dedicated his life to faith and education. William Elliot Griffis served as a pastor and teacher in Schenectady (from 1877-1886), Boston (1886-1893), and Ithaca (1893-1903), where he drew around him a wide circle of dedicated students and devoted friends, and his cheerful stories of them and his work are a joy to read. First published in 1903, this lovely book also includes an inspiring collection of Griffis's sermons and essays on such topics as camaraderie, community, and Christ.Also available from Cosimo Classics: Griffis's The Religions of Japan.American author, educator, and theologian WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS (1843-1912) was born in Philadelphia. He is also the author of Welsh Fairy Tales, The Firefly's Lovers, The Unmannerly Tiger, Brave Little Holland, and Bonnie Scotland. |
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... John Chambers . Under his ministry , during the great revival of 1857 , and when but fourteen years old , I united with the First Independent Church . For nearly six years I was in the Sunday School , my chief teacher being that sunny ...
... John Chambers . Under his ministry , during the great revival of 1857 , and when but fourteen years old , I united with the First Independent Church . For nearly six years I was in the Sunday School , my chief teacher being that sunny ...
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... John Carrow , from whom I learned grand lessons and habits worth more than gold . He would have shown me , even as he once of his own ac- cord promised , a fair chance of promotion , yes , even into the firm . In any event , prospects ...
... John Carrow , from whom I learned grand lessons and habits worth more than gold . He would have shown me , even as he once of his own ac- cord promised , a fair chance of promotion , yes , even into the firm . In any event , prospects ...
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... John DeWitt , and all those , who , by the banks . of the old Raritan , " helped me to know something of the ancient world of thought . How grandly unshackling to the provincial mind is the study of the classics of Greece , of Israel ...
... John DeWitt , and all those , who , by the banks . of the old Raritan , " helped me to know something of the ancient world of thought . How grandly unshackling to the provincial mind is the study of the classics of Greece , of Israel ...
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... John Knox ( 1790-1858 ) for twenty - five years the senior pastor of the Collegiate Church . The edifice had a handsome front of pressed brick , faced with light stone , with stained glass and dormer windows , and was set off at the top ...
... John Knox ( 1790-1858 ) for twenty - five years the senior pastor of the Collegiate Church . The edifice had a handsome front of pressed brick , faced with light stone , with stained glass and dormer windows , and was set off at the top ...
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... John , whence was it ? From heaven or of men ? " Listening yet , we hear the parables of the two sons , of the wicked husbandmen , and of the marriage of the king's son . We see the abashed Pharisees slink away , and coward - like ...
... John , whence was it ? From heaven or of men ? " Listening yet , we hear the parables of the two sons , of the wicked husbandmen , and of the marriage of the king's son . We see the abashed Pharisees slink away , and coward - like ...
Contents
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The Christians Eureka | 30 |
V | 41 |
The Dominie Becomes a Domine____ | 49 |
Glorifying God in Our Sleep | 89 |
From Mohawk Dutch to Boston Yankees | 115 |
For Glory and for Beauty | 119 |
The Holiness of Jesus | 154 |
The Ideal Side of Life___ | 165 |
The Plough and the Backward Look | 173 |
Into the Lake Region of New York | 181 |
CHAPTER PAGE | 218 |
The Child One Hundred Years Old | 243 |
Mothers Love and Gods | 253 |
Why I Wrote Certain Sermons | 279 |
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Page 23 - In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphim : each one had six wings ; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said : — " Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts : the whole earth is full of His glory.