Chapter I

A SERMON OF THE SPIRITUAL CONDITION OF BOSTON.--Preached at the Melodeon, on Sunday, February 18, 1849

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II.

SOME THOUGHTS ON THE MOST CHRISTIAN USE OF THE SUNDAY.--A Sermon preached at the Melodeon, on Sunday, January 30, 1848 56

III.

A SERMON OF IMMORTAL LIFE.--Preached at the Melodeon on Sunday, September 20, 1846 105

IV.

THE PUBLIC EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE.--An Address delivered before the Onondaga Teachers' Institute at Syracuse, New York, October 4, 1849 139

V.

THE POLITICAL DESTINATION OF AMERICA, AND THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES.--An Address delivered before several literary Societies in 1848 198

VI.

A DISCOURSE OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.--Delivered at the Melodeon, on Sunday, March 5, 1848 252

VII.

A SPEECH AT A MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY, TO CELEBRATE THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY BY THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, April 6, 1848 331

VIII.

A SPEECH AT FANEUIL HALL, BEFORE THE NEW ENGLAND ANTI-SLAVERY CONVENTION, May 31, 1848 344