Prisoners of Hope and Other Sermons
Sermon
By: Rev. Charles H. Brent
Date: 1915
Source: Brent, Rev. Charles H. Prisoners of Hope and Other Sermons. New York: Longmans, Green, 1915, 35–41.
About the Author: Charles H. Brent (1862–1929) was a noted American Episcopalian clergyman and ecumenist. While serving as a bishop in the Philippines and New York State, Brent spent a great deal of his energy in the cause of Christian unity. He eventually became one of the major leaders in the establishment of the Faith and Order Conference in 1927, which helped lead to the formation of the World Council of Churches in 1948.
Introduction
Charles H. Brent was an Episcopalian clergyman who first worked in the slums of Boston. In 1901, he was appointed the first Protestant Episcopal missionary bishop of the Philippines, which had been acquired by the United States in the Spanish-American War (1898). It...
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