Phillips Brooks
Phillips Brooks
Phillips Brookswas 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"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth13 December 1835
CountryUnited States of America
christian jesus men
I would know any man as a Christian, would rejoice to know any man as a Christian, whom Jesus would recognize as a Christian; and Jesus Christ, I am sure, in these old days recognized His followers even if they came after Him with the blindest sight, with the most imperfect recognition and acknowledgment of what He was and of what He could do.
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The earth has grown old with its burden of care but at Christmas it always is young, The heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair and its soul full of music breaks the air, when the song of angels is sung.
easter christ easter-day
Christ will rise on Easter day!
men touching christ
The absence of sentimentalism in Christ's relations with men is what makes His tenderness so exquisitely touching.
christian pain men
No man dares to condemn the Christian faith today, because the Christian faith has not been tried. Not until men get rid of the thought that it is a poor machine, an expedient for saving them from suffering and pain; not until they get the grand idea of it as the great power of God present in and through the lives of men; not until then does Christianity enter upon its true trial and become ready to show what it can do.
christian men preaching
No man ever yet thought whether he was preaching well without weakening his sermon.
christmas xmas joy
Christmas day is a day of joy and charity. May God make you very rich in both.
christian jesus humanity
Jesus Christ, the condescension of divinity, and the exaltation of humanity.
christmas dark night
Where charity stands watching and faith holds wide the door the dark night wakes - the glory breaks, Christmas comes once more.
christmas xmas earth
The earth has grown old with its burden of care, But at Christmas it always is young....
christmas children cottages
For the Christ-child who comes is the Master of all; No palace too great, no cottage too small.
inspiring christian appreciation
Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.
christian jesus easter
Let every man and woman count himself immortal. Let him catch the revelation of Jesus in his resurrection. Let him say not merely, "Christ is risen," but "I shall rise."
men divinity christ
The more man becomes irradiated with the Divinity of Christ, the more, not the less, truly he is man.