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J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army 528 2 Browse Search
the Rev. W. Turner , Jun. , MA., Lives of the eminent Unitarians 261 11 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 199 3 Browse Search
William W. Bennett, A narrative of the great revival which prevailed in the Southern armies during the late Civil War 192 2 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2 131 1 Browse Search
Charles E. Stowe, Harriet Beecher Stowe compiled from her letters and journals by her son Charles Edward Stowe 122 0 Browse Search
Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1 106 0 Browse Search
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks) 103 3 Browse Search
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 78 0 Browse Search
Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct. 77 1 Browse Search
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1837. (search)
et me go. When I left Southington my society had increased so as to more than fill their church, it having doubled in a year. I also left bodies of Liberal Christians in the neighboring towns of Berlin, Cheshire, Meriden, &c., —the Unitarian congregation of Berlin being as large as that of Southington. On the 26th of September, 1847, I preached my farewell sermon in Southington, comprising my views of the nature and services of theology, and my views of Christian religion, salvation by Christ. They are just being published by Crosby and Nichols, 111ZZZZ Washington Street; and as the philosophy they contain is perhaps peculiar, and I think peculiarly important and worthy of attention and consideration at the present theological and religious crisis, I have a great desire that those of the class who take an interest in such discussions, and especially who favor the spiritual-rationalistic school, should peruse them. I am now residing at Haverhill, where, again, I was settled
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1843. (search)
ty. For nine days I had no change of raiment, not even a clean shirt or handkerchief, and lived on hard crackers and sour coffee. But God blesses my labors, particularly among the sick and wounded, and I am far enough from repining. Of all places in the world, I am glad I am here now. I find no physical fear to be mine. This is a mere matter of organization, not merit. Meet me on earth, if it may be; in heaven, surely. And know that nothing will make me swerve from my fealty to God, to Christ his Son, to my family, my State, and my Country. All the following summer he remained at home, very ill; but rejoined his regiment at Alexandria, November 4, 1862. Forbidden by the surgeon from accompanying it to the front, he devoted himself to labors in the hospitals and convalescent camps of that vicinity. He wrote:— I work very hard among the sick and dying soldiers. We have five large buildings and several tents crowded with more than five hundred sick men, and only two sur
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1846. (search)
a, and it was made certain that his general was still to remain behind at Newport News. In Kentucky, he served on the staff of Colonel Pierce, Acting Brigadier-General; and at the time of his death he was Acting Assistant Adjutant-General to Colonel Christ, then acting as Brigadier-General near Vicksburg. The abilities and character of Lieutenant Ripley justified the confidence of these officers, and might well have assured him a higher nominal rank. But there never was a person more modestent on to the capital of Mississippi, Lieutenant Ripley, on account of an injury to his leg, was left behind, —in the wilderness, as he said,—with one man to take care of him. After a few days he had nearly recovered, when word came back that Colonel Christ was sick. No orders came for Lieutenant Ripley, who was then his staff officer, but he said that he felt sure he must be needed, and, over-estimating his own strength, on the 16th of July he hastened forward, riding about seventy miles in a
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1848. (search)
nd pleasure. I pray for submission to his will, whatever it may be, trusting that if we meet no more on earth, we shall form an unbroken family in that home that Christ has gone to prepare for those that love him. God grant me that unflinching courage that shall enable me to march through the stormy missiles of death without fearlived the life of a Christian from the time he enlisted until the day of his death. The evening before his death he assured me all was well, and his trust was in Christ alone. He repeated several times over, to tell his dear wife to train up his two sons for Christ; and very calmly passed away about four o'clock on the morning oChrist; and very calmly passed away about four o'clock on the morning of the 4th of June. Lucius Manlius Sargent. Surgeon 2d Mass. Vols. (Infantry), May 28, 1861; Captain 1st Mass. Cavalry, October 31, 186; Major, January 2, 1864; Lieutenant-Colonel, September 30, 1864; killed near Bellfield, Va., December 9, 1864. Lucius Manlius Sargent, Jr., was born in Boston, September 15, 1826,—the
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1859. (search)
er left?—a few fishing-nets. He had nothing else, yet what a glorious destiny was reserved to him,—to shed his blood for Christ! About three weeks after his arrival at the Novitiate, he writes to his mother:— In my meditation yesterday I carthside, but you will rejoice that whereas your son was dead, now he lives, —as he was once dead in sin, now he lives in Christ. The three months allowed me in which to get tired of the religious life have expired, and still I am here. O my deer returning to the world, for I am assured that neither life, nor death, nor any created thing shall separate me from Jesus Christ. Since I have been in this paradise, not only have I not had a moment of unhappiness, but not even of sadness. Thoseel with no dear faces about him. And yet he said he feared not death for himself He had long been a professed follower of Christ, and felt prepared for future life. But on account of others, death came most unwelcome. The lives of his wife and chi
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1860. (search)
intense pain, his brother, who arrived at Falmouth just before the battle, could hear him softly repeating, Perfect through suffering,—perfect through suffering. He held and watched wistfully the pictured faces of those dear ones he was to see no more on earth; and in an interval of comparative freedom from pain, he sent to each a special message: Tell mother I could not die in a holier cause, or more happy; It is all light ahead; I am only going to a different sphere of labor; To live is Christ, and to die is gain. He called his fellow-soldiers to his side, and giving them his dying charge to meet him in heaven, gave also directions that no words of praise be placed upon his tombstone. Devising his property equally to the Societies for Home and Foreign Missions, selecting with prophetic faith as the text for his funeral sermon, Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, at length, on the morning of December 20th, he died. On that day week, appropriate funeral services wer
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1861. (search)
I am ready to go. I don't know that I ever quite understood before—certainly I did not by experience-what those words of Christ meant, He that saveth his life shall lose it, and he that loses his life for my sake, the same shall find it. In the though with trembling, that I have passed from death to life. I believe, too, that I need a Saviour, and that it was Christ's divine mission to save us from our sins; that he is indeed the Way, the Truth, and the Life; that Christ died for us, tChrist died for us, the just for the unjust, and that he is truly the Redeemer and Saviour of the world. And again:— Do I truly live now? O, I dare not speak confidently, but I hope I do. I do love God. I do desire to take up my cross and follow Christ aChrist and .be his disciple. I do wish to live in communion with the Holy Spirit. O, I shall have the noblest motives to inspire me. Not only shall I be working to maintain government, to put down treason, but I cannot help hoping that it will be my priv
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1862. (search)
lp, but I have too great an opinion of my own strength; yet I hope, with God's help, and through Christ who strengtheneth, to overcome my pride and selfishness and fear. Write a long letter soon. O that Christ would take possession of my heart and make me his! Your most affectionate and devoted brother, Goodwin. The following is from a fragmentary diary, about this time: Januad more as one who has given himself up to God, and who has determined to become a disciple of Jesus Christ, should live, than I have hitherto; and I hope that by daily prayer, and by trust in God and be cleansed of all my sins and become a true Christian, and finally be led to heaven, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Feeling deeply sensible of human weakness and liability to fall into sin, andthan forty miles. In September, 1857, Goodwin made a public profession of his discipleship to Christ, in the Unitarian Church. There was no pretentious piety about him. He was generally lightheart
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, January 1, 1857. (search)
and commands of God, as expressed in his holy Word. Therefore I hereby resolve, with the help of God, to live a more righteous and sober life, and more as one who has given himself up to God, and who has determined to become a disciple of Jesus Christ, should live, than I have hitherto; and I hope that by daily prayer, and by trust in God and his promises, and by reading his Word, I may soon be cleansed of all my sins and become a true Christian, and finally be led to heaven, through Jesus Jesus Christ our Saviour. Feeling deeply sensible of human weakness and liability to fall into sin, and that we can do nothing of ourselves except God be with us, I humbly trust and pray that he will assist and bless all my efforts to become a true child of God. Subjects of daily meditation. Review of conduct during the day. Strict examination of thoughts pursued. Use of time. Use of opportunities. The goodness and mercy of God. My ungratefulness to him. Compare with the example of Jesu
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1864. (search)
ot the least regret that he had given himself to his country. His funeral took place from the house of his grandfather (Samuel Fletcher, Esq.), in Whitinsville, from whose dwelling two other grandsons who fell in battle within that year had been borne to their graves, while two others were there yet suffering from wounds received in battle. Any sketch of Edward Chapin which omitted to notice his religious character would be essentially incomplete. He early became a professed disciple of Christ, and to the end of his life he proved the genuineness and sincerity of his belief by his consistent Christian walk and conversation. In the hour of death his faith and hope did not fail him. A friend, writing of his last hours, says:— He met death, not only with entire resignation, but apparently with triumph. A few hours before his departure he engaged in audible prayer, which was listened to with deep emotion by the hospital attendants and the wounded men about him. He prayed for t
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