Excerpt from The Strong Staff Broken: A Sermon Preached in St. John's Memorial Chapel, Cambridge, on the 13th of February, 1893, and in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, on the 26th of February, 1893, in Memory of the Late Phillips Brooks, Bishop of the Diocese of Massachusetts T would be an intrusion for me to come before this congregation merely for the purpose of pronouncing a eulogium upon the man in memory of whom the service is held. It is not needed that any one should write his epitaph. It is already inscribed upon the hearts of thousands, in characters that will not be effaced for many a year. All ye that were about him, among whom he has gone as a friend, a guide, a teacher, an inspirer, bemoan him; and all that know his name say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.