Christian Register, The, Boston and Chicago, Saturday, June 14, 1873

Boston, MA: Christian Register Association, 1873. 54 x 70 cm. "Starring in the Pulpit""--initiative in England of Mr. Cowper-Temple to allow different speakers to occupy the pulpit, to make sermons more interesting. E.g. Dr. Livingstone and Mr. Stanley talking about Africa. Description of Rev. Dr. Channing. In the street he is of slight frame, below middle stature, wrapped with a shrinking closeness from the air, pursuing his way with the irresolute step and subdued countenance of an invalid. In the pulpit, however, he is another man. ""The name of Channing will be writ in illuminated letters on our page of history.."" Story of General Grant in 1864 when he stopped a teamster from ""mule-mauling"" by having him tied up for 24 hours. Editorial on Rev. Mr. Beecher and his Slanderers. ""Let us have no more equivocations, palliations, or delays. ...let the truth be known, and then let the vile theme be finally dismissed."" Address by Miss Mary Carpenter on Female Education in India... the Hindoo religion still prevails. Talk of woman who worships only a plant in her garden. Report of ""Stoning a Nigger""-- how seven young men failed their examination for the Naval Academy, and took out their rage on a black youth who also failed, by stoning him. Newspaper, very good. . Catalogs: Religious.