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Henry White Warren

Henry White Warren (1831–1912) was an American Methodist theologian and educator whose writings on national character and moral philosophy reflected late nineteenth-century Protestant efforts to reconcile Christian ethics with American expansionism and industrial progress. As a prominent voice within Methodist intellectual circles, Warren articulated a vision of spiritual development intertwined with national destiny, particularly evident in works such as The Ideas and Feelings Necessary to National Greatness, which sought to ground American civic virtue in Christian principles. His theological contributions bridged revivalist piety and progressive social thought, making him a significant figure in the development of American Methodist social ethics during the Gilded Age.

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WARREN The Ideas and Feelings Necessary to National Greatness, THE IDEAS AND FEELINGS NECESSARY TO NATIONAL GREATNESS, DEL1VEKKD BEFORE THK <$*ttutttoe inttr GOVERNMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS, ANNUAL ELECTION, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2, 1867. BY HENRY WHITE WARREN, 1'A.STOR OF THK HARVARD STRRRT METHODIST BPISCOPAL CHURCH, CAMBRIDGE. BOSTON: WRIGHT & PO.TTER, STATE PRINTERS, No. 4 SPRING LANE. 1867. THE IDEAS AND FEELINGS NECESSARY TO NATIONAL GREATNESS, DELIVERED BEFORE THE (feotiifxe anb • GOVERNMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS, • AT THE ANNUAL ELECTION, Wednesday, January 2d, 1867. BY HENRY WHITE WARREN, •*v PASTOR OF THE HARVARD STREET METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHUBCH. CAMBRIDGE. BOSTON: WRIGHT & POTTER, STATE PRINTERS, No. 4 SPRING LANE. 1867. of iiitssadntsctts. SENATE CHAMBER, BOSTON, January 8, 1867. Rev. HENRY W. WARREN: DEAR SIR, — Agreeably to an Order unanimously adopted, the undersigned were appointed a Committee to present you the thanks of the Senate for the very able Discourse delivered before the Executive…

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The Ideas and Feelings Necessary to National Greatness 1867 Warren's philosophical meditation on virtues and sentiments necessary for national greatness, reflecting nineteenth-century American Protestant moral and political thought. →

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