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The Gifts of Civilization and Other Sermons and Lectures; Delivered at Oxford and at St. Pauls's
The Gifts of Civilization and Other Sermons and Lectures Delivered at Oxford and at St Pauls's Author:Richard William Church General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1891 Original Publisher: Macmillan Subjects: Sermons, English Civilization, Christian Religion / Sermons / General Religion / Sermons / Christian Religion / Christianity / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations a... more »nd there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CIVILISATION BEFORE AND AFTER CHRISTIANITY TWO LECTUEES DELIVERED IN ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL AT THE TUESDAY EVENING SERVICES January 23 and 30, 1872 PEEFACE The two following Lectures are part of an unfinished series which was begun in St. Paul's on Tuesday evenings during the winter of 1871-72, and which the preparations in the Cathedral for the Queen's visit to return thanks for the recovery of the Prince of Wales made it necessary to discontinue. The Lectures were an experiment, arising out of the desire of the Chapter to make the Cathedral of service to the large body of intelligent young men who follow their business around it, by treating, in a spirit not unbecoming the place and its purpose, subjects of interest and importance which are often assumed to be out of place in the pulpit. I have reprinted these two Lectures as a remembrance of an occasion of great interest to us at St. Paul's, and as being in some degree connected with the subjects of the preceding sermons. R. W. C LECTUEE I EOMAN CIVILISATION I Propose to bring before your thoughts, in fulfilment of my part in this series of lectures, the subject of Civilisation -- first, as it was, in probably its highest form before Christian times, in the Eoman State; and next, as it has been since Christianity has influenced the course of history and the conditions of human life. In doing this, I have to remember several things. I have to remember the vastne...« less