hissermonin1841onTheTransientandPermanentinChristianitymarkedthebeginningofhisgreatindividualcareer；hisspeeches，hislectures，andespeciallyhisDiscourseonMatterspertainingtoReligion，greatlyextendedhisinfluence。Hiswasadeeplydevotionalnature，andhispublicprayersexercisedbytheirtouchingbeautyaverystrongreligiousinfluenceuponhisaudiences。Hehadhisreward。Beautifulandnobleaswerehislifeandhislife-work，hewaswidelyabhorred。Ononeoccasionofpublicworshipinoneofthemoreorthodoxchurches，newshavingbeenreceivedthathewasdangerouslyill，aprayerwasopenlymadebyoneofthezealousbrethrenpresentthatthisarch-enemymightberemovedfromearth。HewasevendrivenoutfromtheUnitarianbody。Buthewasnonethelesssteadfastandbold，andthegreatmassofmenandwomenwhothrongedhisaudienceroomatBostonandhislectureroomsinothercitiesspreadhisideas。Hisfatewaspathetic。Fulloffaithandhope，butbrokenprematurelybyhislabours，heretiredtoItaly，anddiedthereatthedarkestperiodinthehistoryoftheUnitedStates——whenslaveryinthestateandtheolderorthodoxyintheChurchseemedabsolutelyandforevertriumphant。ThedeathofMoseswithinsightofthepromisedlandseemstheonlyparalleltothedeathofParkerlessthansixmonthsbeforethepublicationofEssaysandReviewsandtheelectionofAbrahamLincolntothepresidency，oftheUnitedStates。[492]

　　[492]Fortheappellation“religiousTitan“appliedtoTheodoreParker，seealetterofJowett，MasterofBalliol，toFrancesPowerCobbe，inherAutobiography，vol。1，p。357，andforReville’sstatement，ibid。，p。9。ForapatheticaccountofParker’slasthoursatFlorence，ibid。，vol。i，pp。10，11。AstotheinfluenceofTheodoreParkeronLincoln，seeRhodes’sHistoryoftheUnitedStates，asabove，vol。ii，p。312。ForthestatementregardingParker’saudiencesandhispoweroverthem，thepresentwritertruststohisownmemory。

　　ButhereitmustbenotedthatParker’seffortwaspowerfullyaidedbytheconscientiousutterancesofsomeofhisforemostopponents。NothingduringtheAmericanstruggleagainsttheslavesystemdidmoretoweanreligiousandGod-fearingmenandwomenfromtheoldinterpretationofScripturethantheuseofittojustifyslavery。TypicalamongexamplesofthisuseweretheargumentsofHopkins，BishopofVermont，amanwhosenoblecharacterandbeautifulculturegavehimverywideinfluenceinallbranchesoftheAmericanProtestantChurch。Whileavowinghispersonaldisliketoslavery，hedemonstratedthattheBiblesanctionedit。Othertheologians，CatholicandProtestant，tookthesameground；andthencamethattremendousrejoinderwhichechoedfromhearttoheartthroughouttheNorthernStates：“TheBiblesanctionsslavery？SomuchtheworsefortheBible。”ThenwasfulfilledthatoldsayingofBishopUlrichofAugsburg：

　　“PressnotthebreastsofHolyWrittoohard，lesttheyyieldbloodratherthanmilk。”[493]

　　[493]ThereisacuriousreferencetoBishopHopkins’sideasonslaveryinArchbishopTait’sLifeandLetters。Forasuccinctstatementofthebiblicalproslaveryargumentreferredto，seeRhodes，asabove，vol。i，pp。370etseq。

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