Quote of the day
Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired.
Phillips Brooks
Born: December 13, 1835
Died: January 23, 1893 (aged 57)
Bio: Phillips Brooks was an American Episcopal clergyman and author, long the Rector of Boston's Trinity Church and briefly Bishop of Massachusetts, and particularly remembered as lyricist of the Christmas hymn, "O Little Town of Bethlehem".
Known for:
- The joy of preaching
- The battle of life, and other sermons (1893)
- The Candle of the Lord: And Other Sermons (1879)
- The purpose and use of comfort
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