Phillips Brooks Quotes


A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward.


Citations

Brooks, Phillips. The More Abundant Life: Lenten Readings. Compiled by W. M. L. Jay, E. P. Dutton & Company, 1897.

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Phillips Brooks
Phillips Brooks
  • Born: December 13, 1835
  • Died: January 23, 1893
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Clergyman

Phillips Brooks 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".