Memorial of the Reverend George Putnam, D.D.: Late Pastor of the First Religious Society in RoxburyPub. for the Society, 1878 - 59 pages |
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... minister's style of preaching , so plain , direct , and impressive , so full of illustrations of God's benef- icence in nature , was just what they needed . It made them appreciate their calling in its religious as well as BIOGRAPHICAL ...
... minister's style of preaching , so plain , direct , and impressive , so full of illustrations of God's benef- icence in nature , was just what they needed . It made them appreciate their calling in its religious as well as BIOGRAPHICAL ...
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... ministry there was one member of the parish whose influence was so valuable that I must speak of him here . This was the late John Lowell , - a name widely known and honored , - a gentleman of the highest culture and of as varied ...
... ministry there was one member of the parish whose influence was so valuable that I must speak of him here . This was the late John Lowell , - a name widely known and honored , - a gentleman of the highest culture and of as varied ...
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... Fellowes Athenæum , chairman of the trustees of the Boston Young Men's Christian Union , and one of the trustees of the Boston Public Library . During his whole ministry the character of his preaching was BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH . I I.
... Fellowes Athenæum , chairman of the trustees of the Boston Young Men's Christian Union , and one of the trustees of the Boston Public Library . During his whole ministry the character of his preaching was BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH . I I.
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... ministry the character of his preaching was eminently practical , and some of his most effective sermons were those ... ministers of all denominations . In the spring of 1871 , a long vacation having been granted for health and ...
... ministry the character of his preaching was eminently practical , and some of his most effective sermons were those ... ministers of all denominations . In the spring of 1871 , a long vacation having been granted for health and ...
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... ministry here we all know . In his profes- sional life he worked and studied less , I think , than his clerical brethren generally . Yet , who among those , in New England , so swiftly reached the fore- most rank as he did ? Who among ...
... ministry here we all know . In his profes- sional life he worked and studied less , I think , than his clerical brethren generally . Yet , who among those , in New England , so swiftly reached the fore- most rank as he did ? Who among ...
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abide afterglow associate pastor blessed character CHARLES K Christ Christian church classmates Cobb comfort counsel dead death DILLAWAY Divinity School duty eloquence eyes faculty faithful Father felt forever forget George Lewis GEORGE PUTNAM gone half a century Harvard College heard hearers heart honor immortal Jesus John John L JOSEPH W knew labors lesson listened living Lord meet memory mind minister ministry moral NEHEMIAH never oldest Socie ordained July parish PEABODY pray prayer preached preacher present pulpit put on incorruption quired ready RELIGIOUS SOCIETY religious teacher remember resolutions Samuel Senior Pastor sermon Servant of God shadow SOCIETY IN ROXBURY solemn sorrow soul sown speak spirit spoke strength Sunday sympathy tender thank thee thou hast thou wilt thought throne traits tribute of respect trust unto utterance victory walk WILLIAM G William Gray wisdom wise words