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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3 2 2 Browse Search
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Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life 1 1 Browse Search
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order 1 1 Browse Search
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Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life, VI: in and out of the pulpit (search)
to take effect for 6 months. With a free church I could carry off half the society and many urge it—but I will not . . . I intend to give lectures here by and by or something of that sort. We are never going to leave these parts and are to board for the present at Mrs. Curson's, Artichoke Mills, 3 miles from town and the loveliest place on earth . . . . Not a dozen are really opposed to me, but they have all the wealth. Oh Christian Church! One member of the congregation wrote (November 7, 1849) these words to a relative of the dislodged pastor:— After hearing his two exquisite sermons—in the morning Rejoice in the Lord —in the afternoon It doth not yet appear I felt profoundly sad at the thought of his leaving the pulpit . . . We cannot spare such gifts. During the last six months of his stay in the parish, Mr. Higginson wrote to a friend:— The beautiful words pastor and minister have become almost offensive; but the good thing they used to denote has not.