Phillips Brooks’s Followers (23)

Phillips Brooks

Born

in Boston, Massachusetts, The United States

December 13, 1835

Died

January 23, 1893

edit data

Phillips Brooks (December 13, 1835 – January 23, 1893) was 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".

In the Episcopal liturgical calendar he is remembered on January 23.

Born in Boston, Brooks was descended through his father, William Gray Brooks, from the Rev. John Cotton; through his mother, Mary Ann Phillips, he was a great-grandson of Samuel Phillips, Jr., founder of Phillips Academy (Andover, Massachusetts). Three of Brooks' five brothers – Frederic, Arthur and John Cotton – were eventually ordained in the Episcopal Church.

In 1877 Brooks published a course of lectur ...more

Combine Editions
Phillips Brooks’s books

Average rating: 4.18 · 1,636 ratings · 228 reviews · 387 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Joy of Preaching 4.07 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1989 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	O Little Town of Bethlehem by Phillips Brooks, Patrick McRae (Illustrator) 3.92 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1891 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The First Christmas by Phillips Brooks, Lewis H. Redner, Will Moses (Illustrator) 3.67 avg rating — 27 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lectures on Preaching: The Yale Lectures on Preaching, 1877 4.16 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1978 — 129 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Consolations of God: Great Sermons of Phillips Brooks 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Addresses by the right reverend Phillips Brooks 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2006 — 123 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heart's-ease 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sermons Preached in English Churches really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1911 — 77 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Purpose and Use of Comfort really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The influence of Jesus liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015 — 84 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Phillips Brooks…

Quotes by Phillips Brooks (?)

“Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be the miracle. ”
― Phillips Brooks

82 likes

“Pray the largest prayers. You cannot think a prayer so large that God, in answering it, will not wish you had made it larger. Pray not for crutches but for wings.”
― Phillips Brooks

tags: inspirational, prayer

37 likes

“Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.”
― Phillips Brooks

tags: inspirational

29 likes

See all Phillips Brooks's quotes »

Phillips Brooks’s Followers (23)

Phillips Brooks

Combine EditionsPhillips Brooks’s books

Combine Editions
Phillips Brooks’s books