Fifty Notable Years

THE PRESENT OUTLOOK.

Changes.--The Episcopal and Congregational Churches.--The Beecher Family.--Congregationalists at Plymouth in 1865.--Question of the Divine Responsibility.--Dr. Patton, Rev. John Miller, Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps.--Orthodoxy at Andover.--Questions respecting it.-- Expedients to avoid the Admission of Universalism.--Prophecy of Rev. Dr. Hosea Ballou.--A late Acknowledgment of its Truthfulness.-- Spirit of Inquiry among the Sects.--Spurgeon's Words.--The World and Church moving.--Growth of our Nation during the Last Half Century.-- Words of Hon. R. C. Winthrop at Yorktown.--Work of the Universalist Church Now and Henceforth.--A Positive Faith.--The Creed Question noted.--A True Christian Life.--Missionary Inspiration and Action.-- Conclusion. 307

LIST OF PORTRAITS.

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REV. HOSEA BALLOU Frontispiece

" HOSEA BALLOU, D. D. 95

" THOMAS WHITTEMORE, D. D. 111

" OTIS A. SKINNER, D. D. 116

" SYLVANUS COBB, D. D. 124

" JOHN MOORE 147

" HENRY BACON 148

" ELBRIDGE G. BROOKS, D. D. 161

" EBENEZER FISHER, D. D. 163

" LUCIUS R. PAIGE, D. D. 259

" ALONZO A. MINER, D. D. 262

" THOMAS J. SAWYER, D. D. 268

" THOMAS B. THAYER, D. D. 275

" WILLIAM H. RYDER, D. D. 283

MR. THOMAS A. GODDARD 298

FIFTY NOTABLE YEARS.