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Excerpt from Our Union God's Gift: A Discourse Delivered in Trinity Church, Washington, D. C., On Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 1850Thanksgiving for National blessings is the name of the day, and National blessings are the subject of our dis course.National blessings! They are as large as the land we occupy. They are as varied as its climes, and soils, and products. Yet, with all their variety, they have, as a whole, the same individuality as...

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Excerpt from A Sermon Giving a Historical Account of St. John's Church, Georgetown, D. C., Delivered October 17, 1843: And an Address on the Occasion of the Funeral of Abel P. Upshur Others, Who Lost Their Lives by the Calamity on Board the Princeton, Feb, 28, 1844, and Also a Farewell Sermon Delivered April 7, 1844, on His Resignation of the Rectorship of St. John's ChAt that period there was no other Church at Washington than Christ Church a...

Excerpt from Funeral Address on the Death of Abraham Lincoln: Delivered in the Church of the Covenant, April 19, 1865We were so much interested, gratified, and, we hope, benefited, by your touching and eloquent address this morning, and felt that it so perfectly re¿ected the feelings and sentiments of our own hearts, that, desirous in common with many others of preserving it in a permanent form, we venture to ask a copy of your notes for publi...

Excerpt from Persimmons: A Story for Boys and Girls and Men and Women, Who Have Not Forgotten Their School DaysIs it a truly true story? This is the first question that most boys and girls will ask about Persimmons. Let me assure you, my young friends, that Persimmons is a real character. Carl Brown and the other characters are real characters. The center piece of each chapter is actual experience, only the fringe or border of each is fiction....

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Excerpt from Addresses and Lectures on Public Men and Public Affairs Delivered in Washington CityOur country and our washington: A discourse delivered on Sunday morning, February 22, 1852, the birth-day of Washington, in the Hall of the House Of Representatives.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical w...

Excerpt from Protestant Episcopal Doctrine and Church UnityOur brethren of other churches than it is now. It would throw no contempt upon their orders. Their minds would be more free from prejudice in the examination of our polity and ritual. Even under the present repelling circumstances, many clergymen of other churches have adopted some portions of our ritual. Many of us have been made the recipients of the confessions of clergy men Of othe...

Excerpt from Social Conditions in OxfordA number of towns have now been provided with an account of their own social conditions, this is an attempt, in no way original, to do the same for Oxford.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally ...

Excerpt from St. Paul in Rome: Lectures Delivered in the Legation of the United States of America, in RomeIt would not interest the reader of these discourses to know the few modifications which they have undergone in preparing them for the press. They are published in substance as they were delivered.The last Lecture, on the claims of the Church of Rome to exclusive sanctity, to infallibility, and to unity, has no immediate connection with th...

Excerpt from The Federal Trade Commission: And the Regulation of Business Under the Federal Trade Commission and Clayton LawsIt is the apparent purpose Of the new laws to establish guides for business, to afford relief from V the condition Of uncertainty that has existed, to restrain the development of trusts in their inception, and to assist the Courts in effecting dissolution Of any such corporations or associations found to exist in violati...

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Excerpt from The Book of Common Prayer: Interpreted by Its HistoryFervid feeling burns into the substance of the under standing the truths which before were but pictured upon its surface. The mode m which religious truth ls pre sented in the Liturgy is thus found'to aid an intelligent devotion, to be greatly instrumental in enabling the worshipper to pray' with the spirit, it is true, but with the understanding also.About the PublisherForgotte...

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A hilarious illustrated novel from the bestselling author of the Middle School seriesOh boy, oh boy, oh boy!I've been waiting ages to tell my story, and now it's finally happening!Being Rafe Khatchadorian's dog isn't always easy, but it is always EXCITING!I've got so much to tell you about:The amazing Catch-a-doggy-bone kennelMy favourite places for hiding snacksThe terrifying doggy prisonAnd my ultimate nemesis - the vacuum cleanerAll the mos...

Excerpt from An Ecclesiastical History From the Thirteenth to the Nineteenth CenturyThe author cannot close this preface without referring with gratification to the kindly notices which have been given of the first volume by the press, and to the warmer private commendations which have reached him from many of his clerical brethren. Nor can he consent to send it forth without the renewal of the perhaps unnecessary remark that he advances for t...

Excerpt from A Text-Book of Materia Medica, Therapeutics and PharmacologyThanks to careful and competent training among pharmacists, the skilful preparation and dispensing Of drugs relieve the physi cian of much responsibility, yet he Should be keenly sensible Of the fact that the larger share Of public confidence is reposed in him, and by diligent study of the subject endeavor to command the minutiae Of pharmacology, holding himself morally a...

Excerpt from Inner Rome: Political, Religious, and SocialMore than two years' residence in Rome, it may well be believed, has afforded the author some peculiar facilities for penetrating to the knowledge of the inner religious and social state of Rome. The truth of his statements on such subjects derived from Roman friends, and from the friends and the banished citizens of Rome in other parts of Italy, must rest upon his own char acter. A citi...