Phillips Brooks
Phillips Brooks
Phillips Brookswas 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"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth13 December 1835
CountryUnited States of America
Phillips Brooks quotes about
inspirational motivational hope
Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.
scripture argument conviction
Every sermon must have a solid rest in Scripture, and the pointedness which comes of a clear subject, and the conviction which belongs to well-thought argument, and the warmth that proceeds from earnest appeal.
unbearable tomorrow burden
No one ever fell under the burden of the day; it is only when the burden of tomorrow is added that the load becomes unbearable.
simply
Make your creed simply and broadly out of the revelation of God, and you will keep it to the end.