History of Public Speaking in AmericaAllyn and Bacon, 1965 - 566 pages |
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... church at Dorchester , only a mile from the heart of Boston.1 Most of the congregation had followed Hooker to Con- necticut , and a new beginning was required . Richard Mather put tre- mendous energy into his sermons , speaking with the ...
... church at Dorchester , only a mile from the heart of Boston.1 Most of the congregation had followed Hooker to Con- necticut , and a new beginning was required . Richard Mather put tre- mendous energy into his sermons , speaking with the ...
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... church many hypocrites , who sought its advantages without accepting its principles , but he thought even the pretense of religion better than the open flouting of it : For hypocrites . . . are not destructive to the state of the church ...
... church many hypocrites , who sought its advantages without accepting its principles , but he thought even the pretense of religion better than the open flouting of it : For hypocrites . . . are not destructive to the state of the church ...
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... Church from 600,000 in 1831 to 4.5 million in 1860. By mid - twentieth century , Catholics comprised one - quarter of all church members in America . Anti - English feeling kept the Episcopal Church in " suspended ani- mation and feeble ...
... Church from 600,000 in 1831 to 4.5 million in 1860. By mid - twentieth century , Catholics comprised one - quarter of all church members in America . Anti - English feeling kept the Episcopal Church in " suspended ani- mation and feeble ...
Contents
Groping Toward Independence | 1 |
The Role of the Preachers | 9 |
The Mather Dynasty | 18 |
Copyright | |
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