Who is Phillips Brooks

Phillips Brooks (December 13, 1835 – January 23, 1893) was an American Episcopal clergyman and author, long the Rector of Boston's Trinity Church and briefly Bishop of Massachusetts. He wrote the lyrics of the Christmas hymn, "O Little Town of Bethlehem".

He is honored on the Episcopal Church liturgical calendar on January 23.

Background

Early life and education

Born in Boston, Brooks was descended through his father, William Gray Brooks, from the Rev. John Cotton; through his mother, Mary Ann Phillips, he was a great-grandson of Samuel Phillips, Jr., founder of Phillips Academy (Andover, Massachusetts). Three of Brooks' five brothers – Frederic, Arthur and John Cotton – were eventually ordained in the Episcopal Church.

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Phillips Brooks Poems

• O Little Town Of Bethlehem
  O little town of Bethlehem,
  How still we see thee lie!
  Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
  The silent stars go by:...

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Phillips Brooks Quotes

• Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be the miracle.
• Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.
• Life comes before literature, as the material always comes before the work. The hills are full of marble before the world blooms with statues.
• Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for power equal to your tasks.
• The more man becomes irradiated with the Divinity of Christ, the more, not the less, truly he is man.

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Comments about Phillips Brooks

• Soxgarden: this brooks boyer thing is interesting. is he a douche? a ted phillips? a yes man. hawk pretty much said it. jason said his new contract negotiations were "kind of a pain, silly and unpleasant", while boyer said it went smoothly. another yes man it looks like. jerry's flunky.
• Georgiatweetz: a man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words. -phillips brooks
• Coloradotweetz: a man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words. -phillips brooks
• Arizonatweetz: a man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words. -phillips brooks
• Conntweetz: a man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words. -phillips brooks

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