always faithful to his radical views, in later years, his judgement grew more generous and catholic. He was a greater orator than a writer, and his sermons in New York were delivered to large audiences, averaging one thousand at the Masonic Temple, and were printed each week; in eloquence and in the charm of his spoken word he was probably surpassed in his day by none save George William Curtis. Personally he seemed cold and distant, partly because of his impressive appearance, and partly because of his own modesty, which made him backward in seeking friendships. He died at his home in Boston on November 27, 1895. He was cremated, and his ashes were buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery. Published works Stories from the Life of the Teacher (1863) a translation of Ernest Renan's Studies of Religious History and Criticism (1864) A Child's Book of Religion (1866), and other works of religious teaching for children several volumes of sermons Beliefs of Unbelievers (1876) The Cradle of the Christ: a Study in Primitive Christianity (1877) The Spirit of New Faith (1877) The Rising and the Setting Faith (1878), and other expositions of the new faith he preached Life of Theodore Parker (1874) Transcendentalism in New England (1876), which is largely biographical Gerrit Smith, a Biography (1878) George Ripley (1882), in the American Men of Letters series, a biography of George Ripley Memoir of William Henry Channing (1886) a life of David Atwood Wasson (1889) Boston Unitarianism: Study of the life and work of Nathaniel Langdon Frothingham, 1820-1850 (1890), really a biography of his father Notes References External links 1822 births 1895 deaths Harvard Divinity School alumni 19th-century Unitarian clergy American religious writers American biographers American male biographers American abolitionists Harvard College alumni Burials at Mount Auburn Cemetery