Excerpt from Two Sermons Preached Before the Twenty-Eighth Congregational Society in Boston, on the 14th Acts xx. 27. - "I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God." On the twenty-second of January, 1845, at a meeting of gentlemen in Boston, which some of you very well remember, it was "Resolved, that the Rev. Theodore Parker shall have a chance to be heard in Boston." That resolution has been abundantly backed up by action; and I have had "a chance to be heard." And that is not all: I have had a long and patient and most faithful and abundant hearing. No man in the last eight years in New England has had so much. I mean to say, no minister in New England has done so much preaching, or had so much hearing. This is the result of your resolution, and your attempts to make your thought a thing. As this seems likely to be the last time I shall stand within these walls, it is not improper that I should give some little account of ray stewardship whilst here; and therefore you will pardon me if I speak considerably of myself, - a subject which has been before you a long time, very much in your eye, and I think also very much in your heart. I must, in advance, ask your indulgence for the character of this sermon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.