William Ellery Channing

The Works of William E. Channing, D.D. gathers the major theological, philosophical, literary, and social writings of William Ellery Channing (1780–1842), a formative figure in American Unitarianism. This 1899 American Unitarian Association printing is the New and Complete Edition, Rearranged, with The Perfect Life added. The volume ranges from religious freedom, self-culture, Unitarian theology, creeds and church life to education, poverty, peace, slavery, emancipation, literature, and social reform.

Contents

• Introductory Remarks — p. 1
• Self-Culture — p. 12
• On the Elevation of the Laboring Classes — p. 36
• Honor Due to All Men — p. 67
• Ministry for the Poor — p. 73
• On Preaching the Gospel to the Poor — p. 88
• Charge for the Ordination of Robert C. Waterston — p. 93
• Address on Temperance — p. 99
• Remarks on Education — p. 116
• Remarks on National Literature — p. 124
• Remarks on Associations — p. 138
• The Present Age — p. 159
• Spiritual Freedom — p. 172
• Importance of Religion to Society — p. 187
• Evidences of Christianity, Part I — p. 188
• Evidences of Christianity, Part II — p. 204
• The Evidences of Revealed Religion — p. 220
• Christianity a Rational Religion — p. 233
• The Great Purpose of Christianity — p. 246
• Means of Promoting Christianity — p. 254
• The Christian Ministry — p. 257
• The Demands of the Age on the Ministry — p. 269
• Theological Education — p. 279
• Charge at the Ordination of the Rev. John Sullivan Dwight — p. 283
• Likeness to God — p. 291
• Character of Christ — p. 302
• The Imitableness of Christ's Character — p. 310
• Love to Christ, First Discourse — p. 316
• Love to Christ, Second Discourse — p. 322
• Preaching Christ — p. 328
• Self-Denial, First Discourse — p. 336
• Self-Denial, Second Discourse — p. 343
• The Evil of Sin — p. 347
• Immortality — p. 354
• The Future Life — p. 359
• Unitarian Christianity — p. 367
• Unitarian Christianity Most Favorable to Piety — p. 384
• Objections to Unitarian Christianity Considered — p. 401
• Christian Worship — p. 408
• The Church — p. 428
• The Sunday School — p. 447
• The Moral Argument against Calvinism — p. 459
• Letter on Catholicism — p. 468
• The System of Exclusion and Denunciation in Religion — p. 478
• Extracts from a Letter on Creeds — p. 486
• The Duties of Children — p. 489
• Daily Prayer — p. 493
• Remarks on the Character and Writings of John Milton — p. 498
• Remarks on the Life and Character of Napoleon Bonaparte — p. 522
• Remarks on the Character and Writings of Fénelon — p. 559
• A Discourse on the Life and Character of the Rev. Joseph Tuckerman, D.D. — p. 578
• The Philanthropist: A Tribute to the Memory of the Rev. Noah Worcester, D.D. — p. 599
• A Discourse Occasioned by the Death of the Rev. Dr. Follen — p. 607
• Memoir of John Gallison, Esq. — p. 618
• Notice of the Rev. S. C. Thacher — p. 625
• The Union — p. 629
• War: Discourse before the Congregational Ministers of Massachusetts — p. 642
• War: Discourse Delivered Jan. 25, 1835 — p. 654
• Lecture on War — p. 664
• Duties of the Citizen in Times of Trial or Danger — p. 679
• Slavery — p. 688
• The Abolitionists: A Letter to James G. Birney — p. 743
• A Letter to the Hon. Henry Clay, on the Annexation of Texas to the United States — p. 752
• Remarks on the Slavery Question, in a Letter to Jonathan Phillips, Esq. — p. 782
• Emancipation — p. 820
• The Duty of the Free States; or, Remarks Suggested by the Case of the “Creole,” Part I — p. 853
• The Duty of the Free States; or, Remarks Suggested by the Case of the “Creole,” Part II — p. 871
• An Address Delivered at Lenox on the First of August, 1842 — p. 907

The Perfect Life

• Title and Character of This Book — p. 927
• I. The Religious Principle in Human Nature — p. 931
• II. God Revealed in the Universe and in Humanity — p. 938
• III. The Universal Father — p. 947
• IV. The Father's Love for Persons — p. 954
• V. Trust in the Living God — p. 960
• VI. Life a Divine Gift — p. 966
• VII. The True End of Life — p. 975
• VIII. The Perfecting Power of Religion — p. 984
• IX. Jesus Christ the Brother, Friend, and Saviour — p. 992
• X. The Essence of the Christian Religion — p. 1000
• XI. Perfect Life the End of Christianity — p. 1006
• XII. The Church Universal — p. 1012
• Index — p. 1021