Autobiography, Poems and Prayers
Description
A collection of Theodore Parker’s autobiographical writings, reflections on ministry, prayers, parables and poems, edited with notes by Rufus Leighton. It combines an account of Parker’s religious development with examples of his devotional and literary work. The notes include material relevant to his contacts with European religious reformers.
Boston: American Unitarian Association. The digitizing repository dates this copy to 1911; the title page is undated. The original contents and all main text are preserved.
Table of contents 11 entries
- Editor's Preface p. 11
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Autobiography
1
- I. An Autobiographical Fragment 3
- II. The True Idea of a Christian Church 17
- III. Some Account of my Ministry 50
- IV. Of the Position and Duty of a Minister 83
- Prayers 109
- Parables 263
- Experience as a Minister 273
- Poems 415
- Notes 447