1893 HT: Dan Graves On this day, January 23, l893, Christians throughout the world mourned the death of Phillips Brooks. Yet sorrow soon turned to songs of triumph and praise of God for Phillips Brooks’ life. Over his tomb they would erect these words: “A preacher of righteousness and hope, majestic in stature, impetuous in…

1868 HT: Christian History Institute IN A SPEECH that he published, Phillips Brooks said, “…In all best biographies, two values of a marked and well depicted life appear. It is of value, first, because it is exceptional, and also because it is representative. Every life is at once like and unlike every other. Every good story of…