might of the "noble army of martyrs," — the sickles of the earnest workers ring against the whitening grain. "Let us arise and join them."

CONTENTS.

LECTURE I.

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The Pulpit and the Workers.-Dignity of Labor.-
"Fast Young Men." The Abuse of Labor.-Labor
the Sacrament of Life.- The Relations of Labor and
the Professions.-The Unity of Labor.-The Relations
of Labor and the Fine Arts. - Immortality of Labor
and Art.

LECTURE II.

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Mutual Relations of Labor and Capital.-Indebtedness

of Labor to Capital. The Mercantile Library and

Washington Institute of St. Louis. - Abuse of Capi-

tal. Thomas Fuller. - Unity of the Mission of Labor

and Capital. Indebtedness of Capital to Labor.-

Opportunities for becoming Capitalists open to the

Workers. Want of Forethought. Mutual Benefit

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Societies and Savings Banks.—Intemperance and Ex-
travagance the Worker's Enemies. True Temper-
ance. - Bank Failures. - Necessity for Faith in Hu-
man Integrity.

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Self-Education. ·

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LECTURE III.

"Self-made Men."- Nero and his Gold-

en House. - What is Education? - What has been

done by Men of our own Times. — Hugh Miller, the

Geologist. Elihu Burritt, the Linguist.— Hiram Pow-

ers, the Sculptor.- Horace Greeley, the Journalist.
Aids to Self-Education. - Literature. The Church
and the Pulpit. - Sunday. - Duty of Society. .

LECTURE IV.

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Reading and Recreation, or Helps to Learning and Hints
for Living. A Freshman in the Pursuit of Knowledge
under Difficulties. True Scholarship. - Directions for
Useful Reading. Method. - Fallacies about Study.
Amount of Time needed for Study. — Genius.

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- Procuring Books.

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of the Young Men upon the Pulpit. - Importance of

the Subject. Destiny of our Country.

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Standards of

Character. Poole the Pugilist. - Formation of Char-

Elements of Character.

acter.

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Individualism.

Partyism.—True Manliness. — Profanity and Dissipa-

tion. Immortality of Character.

LECTURE VI.

An Appeal to the Workers.

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ligion to bless a Working Life. Religion and Theolo-
gy not the same Thing. Need of Mental Culture.
Education a Duty. - An Appeal to Society.-An Ap-
peal to Christianity.

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