The Purpose and Use of Comfort

One of the most popular American preachers of the 19th century Episcopalian bishop Phillips Brooks was famous-and beloved-for his collections of sermons. The Purpose and Use of Comfort first published in 1878 includes the title sermon as well as: . The Withheld Completions of Life . The Conqueror from Edom . Keeping the Faith . The Souls Refuge in God . The Man with One Talent . Is It I? . The Food of Man . The Symbol and the Reality . and more. American clergyman PHILLIPS BROOKS (1835-1893) is also the author of Bohlen Lectures on The Influence of Jesus (1879) and Sermons Preached in English Churches (1883) but he is best remembered for writing the Christmas carol O Little Town of Bethlehem.