HUMANITY IN THE CITY.
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E. H. ChapinEngraved by J. C. Buttre
HUMANITY IN THE CITY.
BY THE
REV. E. H. CHAPIN.
NEW YORK:
DE WITT & DAVENPORT, PUBLISHERS,
160 & 162 NASSAU STREET.
BOSTON:
ABEL TOMPKINS, 38 & 40 CORNHILL.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, byDE WITT & DAVENPORT,
In the Clerk's Office of the U. S. District Courtfor the Southern District of New York
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BINDER,
9 Spruce Street.
W. H. TINSON.
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PRINTERS,
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CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
|---|---|---|
| I. | The Lessons of the Street | 13 |
| II. | Man and Machinery | 39 |
| III. | The Strife for Precedence | 65 |
| IV. | The Symbols of the Republic | 93 |
| V. | The Springs of Social Life | 123 |
| VI. | The Allies of the Tempter | 157 |
| VII. | The Children of the Poor | 187 |
| VIII. | The Help of Religion | 223 |
PREFACE.
A volume like the present hardly requires the formality of a preface. Itis the continuation of a series already published, and, like that, aimsat applying the highest standard of Morality and Religion to the phasesof every-day life. In order, however, that the view with which thesediscourses have been prepared may not be misconceived, I wish merely tosay that I am far from supposing that these are the only themes to bepreached, or that they constitute the highest class of practicalsubjects, and shall be sorry [x]if in any way they seem to imply a neglectof that interior and holy life which is the spring not only of rightaffection