Sunny Memories of Three PastoratesIf I were to say that in looking over my life as a pastor, it seemed to me that I had but one charge, and that was in Schenectady, I might be doing injustice to my fellow-Christians in Boston and Ithaca, who were co-workers with me; and yet I should not be far from the truth in uttering my feelings thus; for, apart from the freshness of first love, there was, between the edifice itself and my boyhood dreams, a providential link of endearment of which I shall tell.-from "In the Home Land Again-Schenectady"Cosy and intimate, these recollections of a life in the service of God make up a warm and heartfelt professional autobiography of a man who dedicated his life to faith and education. William Elliot Griffis served as a pastor and teacher in Schenectady (from 1877-1886), Boston (1886-1893), and Ithaca (1893-1903), where he drew around him a wide circle of dedicated students and devoted friends, and his cheerful stories of them and his work are a joy to read. First published in 1903, this lovely book also includes an inspiring collection of Griffis's sermons and essays on such topics as camaraderie, community, and Christ.Also available from Cosimo Classics: Griffis's The Religions of Japan.American author, educator, and theologian WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS (1843-1912) was born in Philadelphia. He is also the author of Welsh Fairy Tales, The Firefly's Lovers, The Unmannerly Tiger, Brave Little Holland, and Bonnie Scotland. |
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... stand near Niska- yuna , N. Y. , to carry passengers , both those with two and those with four feet , on a scow held by a rope and pulley running along a cable stretched from one side of the stream to the other . One day a man in very ...
... stand near Niska- yuna , N. Y. , to carry passengers , both those with two and those with four feet , on a scow held by a rope and pulley running along a cable stretched from one side of the stream to the other . One day a man in very ...
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... stand in the crowd beside his apostles and says , " Be ye not called teachers , fathers , masters , for One is your master even Christ . " All the morning he has battled against the pride and unbelief of tilted priest , learned Phari ...
... stand in the crowd beside his apostles and says , " Be ye not called teachers , fathers , masters , for One is your master even Christ . " All the morning he has battled against the pride and unbelief of tilted priest , learned Phari ...
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... Stand then , my brothers by the first records , believe the Christ's own account of himself , listen to unsophisticated apostles who saw , heard , and handled of him , he is One , and his message single . Running , you may read and read ...
... Stand then , my brothers by the first records , believe the Christ's own account of himself , listen to unsophisticated apostles who saw , heard , and handled of him , he is One , and his message single . Running , you may read and read ...
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... standing with Mary at Lazarus's tomb , and dropping tears , such as we wept when our brother was laid away under the grave - sods . See Him speaking before lying , plotting , and slanderous men , words of forgiveness and comfort to the ...
... standing with Mary at Lazarus's tomb , and dropping tears , such as we wept when our brother was laid away under the grave - sods . See Him speaking before lying , plotting , and slanderous men , words of forgiveness and comfort to the ...
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... standing on the cold shore of Galilee , forgetful of himself , caring only for his dear ones , asking , " Children , have ye any meat ? " Who is he among that crowd of too - careful disciples that says , " Suffer the little children to ...
... standing on the cold shore of Galilee , forgetful of himself , caring only for his dear ones , asking , " Children , have ye any meat ? " Who is he among that crowd of too - careful disciples that says , " Suffer the little children to ...
Contents
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Glorifying God in Our Sleep | 89 |
From Mohawk Dutch to Boston Yankees | 115 |
For Glory and for Beauty | 119 |
The Holiness of Jesus | 154 |
The Ideal Side of Life___ | 165 |
The Plough and the Backward Look | 173 |
Into the Lake Region of New York | 181 |
CHAPTER PAGE | 218 |
The Child One Hundred Years Old | 243 |
Mothers Love and Gods | 253 |
Why I Wrote Certain Sermons | 279 |
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Page 159 - Thou hast set our iniquities before thee: our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
Page 62 - The hand that rounded Peter's dome And groined the aisles of Christian Rome Wrought in a sad sincerity; Himself from God he could not free; He builded better than he knew; The conscious stone to beauty grew.
Page 102 - He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
Page 137 - And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty : why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the Lord hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me...
Page 213 - Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!
Page 23 - In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphim : each one had six wings ; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said : — " Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts : the whole earth is full of His glory.
Page 63 - The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers; let him not leave us nor forsake us; that he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
Page 102 - Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. 2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.