. Almon Danforth Hodges and his neighbors . School in 1830. Thereupon he wasinstalled minister of the First Church of Roxbury and heldhis position until his death in 1878, for the last three years,owing to his ill-health, having a colleague. During nearlyhalf a century he guided his congregation with a firm hand,and without the slightest friction. His sermons, which wereprepared carefully and written out, were remarkable forbeauty of language, abundance of ideas, clear thinking andpersuasive reasoning, and he interested and swayed liis hear-ers, both old and young, almost at will. His discours
. Almon Danforth Hodges and his neighbors . School in 1830. Thereupon he wasinstalled minister of the First Church of Roxbury and heldhis position until his death in 1878, for the last three years,owing to his ill-health, having a colleague. During nearlyhalf a century he guided his congregation with a firm hand,and without the slightest friction. His sermons, which wereprepared carefully and written out, were remarkable forbeauty of language, abundance of ideas, clear thinking andpersuasive reasoning, and he interested and swayed liis hear-ers, both old and young, almost at will. His discourses werenot oratorical or sensational, and dealt chiefly wdth the thoughtsand events of every-day life; but they were delivered with a. REV. GEORGE PUTNAM, D. D. SIX CHANGING YEARS. 237 quiet intensity wliicli went straight to the mark. He was nocontroversialist, and a theological argument was an exceedingrarity; yet when occasion demanded, as at the breaking outof the Civil War, he could speak emphatically. He might,perhaps, be summed up as the Benjamin Franklin of theAmerican pulpit. In the community he was a man of influenceand helpfulness; was a Presidential Elector in 1864, repre-sented Roxbury in the State legislature in 1870 and 1871, andwas a Fellow of Harvard College for many years. In 1846 the Mexican War began. There was much oppo-sition to this war in New England. I fear our country willbe called to a dreadful account for an offensive and unjustwar with Mexico, a war made without sufficient cause,* isthe comment in the Journal. Immediately after tliis contestthe Presidential election of 1848 was held. There were threecandidates: General Zachary Taylor, Whig; General LewisCass, Democrat; and ex-President Ma
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