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(1924) Author: Fredrika Bremer
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Lord will provide the offering!" And the Lord did so
through his disciples. Some of Channing’s friends
took the subject under consideration and wrote a
letter to him, the contents of which were: "Come to
us; become our friend and spiritual shepherd, but in
perfect freedom; follow your own inspiration: preach,
talk to us how and when it appears best to you. We
undertake to provide for your pecuniary wants. Live
free from anxiety, and happy, how and where you will;
teach us how we should live and work; our homes and
our hearts are open to you."

Channing’s answer to this letter proved the nobility
and the earnestness of his heart. He came. And
since that time he has lived conformably with the
invitation which enabled him to visit now prisons,
now religious or social festivities and organizations,
or to appear as lecturer on social questions in New
York, Boston, and other towns, following the dictates
of his inspiration, and by his genial and beautifully
gifted nature arousing souls and warming hearts. He
produced "revivals" of a higher life, scattering the
seed of eternity and fanning the feeble flames of
true life wherever he went.

New York, Ninth Street, Thursday, November 15. On
Wednesday I was conducted to a ladies’

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