Project Gutenberg 2008-08-27 Public domain in the USA. 52 Chapin, E. H. (Edwin Hubbell) 1814 1880 Chapin, Edwin Hubbell Humanity in the City Reading ease score: 61.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Julia Miller and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries. "Humanity in the City" by E. H. Chapin is a collection of discourses written in the mid-19th century. The book explores the complexities of urban life and the moral, social, and spiritual challenges found within a bustling city. Chapin, through his sermons, aims to highlight the lessons of humanity as observed in the streets, focusing on issues such as poverty, wealth disparity, and the moral obligations of individuals toward one another amidst the chaos of urban existence. The opening of the work begins with a preface where Chapin establishes his intention to address the everyday realities of life in the city through a moral and religious lens. He introduces the first discourse, "The Lessons of the Street," which emphasizes how urban life serves as a source of profound spiritual and moral lessons. He describes the vivid contrasts seen in the city, from wealth to poverty, and critiques societal neglect of the poor. Furthermore, he advocates for a recognition of the shared humanity and spiritual unity among all individuals, regardless of their social status, suggesting that true understanding and compassion can emerge from this awareness. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Sermons, American Universalist Church of America -- Sermons BX Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 299980 299982 2024-10-11T10:08:31.293600 2023-09-12T03:39:31.071143 text/html text/html 302823 2008-08-27T14:00:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 152913 2008-08-27T14:00:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 228343 2024-10-11T10:08:38.398556 application/epub+zip 230183 2024-10-11T10:08:33.624612 application/epub+zip 187768 2024-10-11T10:08:32.215616 application/epub+zip 397451 2024-10-11T10:08:42.052593 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 368242 2024-10-11T10:08:37.356594 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 302716 2022-09-12T09:35:12.479185 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 270267 270059 2024-10-11T10:08:30.633596 2023-09-12T03:39:30.583131 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 270168 2008-08-27T14:00:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 104182 2008-08-27T14:00:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 270161 2008-08-27T14:00:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 104157 2008-08-27T14:00:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21556 2024-10-11T10:08:42.189546 application/rdf+xml 13897 2024-10-11T10:08:32.765598 image/jpeg 3600 2024-10-11T10:08:32.490635 image/jpeg 216952 2024-10-11T10:08:31.325612 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia