Edward Everett Hale was asked if he prayed for the Senators. He replied:
“No. I look at the Senators and pray for the country.”
The Reverend Mr. Edward Everett Hale (1822 – 1909) served as Chaplain to the U.S. Senate. He was appointed to the position because of his outstanding public ministry as Minister of South Congregational (Unitarian) Church in Boston. He proposed a public retirement pension system for both women and men long before there was Social Security.
First Church Boston’s website provides this account of his ministry.
Thanks to Caroll Bryant for capturing our attention with her blog’s publication of the witticisms famous historical figures.
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Thanks. This is awesomely inspiring. By the way, regarding the Newtown killings and the trials (and murder) of the perpetrators mother, I can’t help but think we should treat any child’s disabilities as a community problem rather than leaving the parents — usually the mother — alone to grapple with the problem as we “thank God” that our kids are healthy and normal.
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Thanks, Mona. The is the first of what I hope will be a daily Out of the Mouth of… Walter Rauschenbusch is next. Then William Stringfellow. Then…?
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