▁by ▁his ▁life ▁experiences . ▁He ▁was ▁an ▁ex - Un itar ian ▁minister , ▁having ▁res igned ▁from ▁his ▁min istry ▁at ▁Second ▁Church , ▁Boston , ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 2 . ▁Em erson ▁had ▁developed ▁philosoph ical ▁questions ▁about ▁the ▁valid ity ▁of ▁Holy ▁Comm union , ▁also ▁called ▁The ▁Lord ' s ▁Su pper . ▁He ▁believed ▁this ▁rit ual ▁was ▁not ▁consistent ▁with ▁the ▁original ▁intent ions ▁of ▁Jesus . ▁It ▁is ▁felt ▁that ▁this ▁concern ▁was ▁only ▁one ▁of ▁many ▁philosoph ical ▁differences ▁with ▁Un itar ian ▁belief s ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 8 3 0 s , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁concern ▁that ▁could ▁be ▁readily ▁understood ▁by ▁the ▁members ▁of ▁his ▁con greg ation . ▁Em erson ▁was ▁well ▁liked ▁by ▁his ▁con greg ation ▁and ▁efforts ▁were ▁made ▁to ▁recon cile ▁the ▁con greg ation ' s ▁needs ▁with ▁his ▁philosophy , ▁but ▁Em erson ▁res igned ▁after ▁a ▁final ▁ser mon ▁explaining ▁his ▁views . ▁ ▁Over ▁the ▁next ▁few ▁years , ▁Em erson ' s ▁views ▁continued ▁to ▁dr ift ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁main stream ▁Un itar ian ▁thought . ▁His ▁bi ograph er ▁Robert ▁Richard son ▁describes ▁him ▁as ▁having ▁moved ▁beyond ▁Un itar ian ism ▁but ▁not ▁beyond ▁religion . ▁Em erson ▁became ▁a ▁noted ▁lect urer ▁and ▁ess ay ist . ▁He ▁was ▁frequently ▁invited ▁as ▁a ▁guest ▁minister ▁into ▁Un itar ian ▁pul p its . ▁▁ ▁The ▁ 1 8 3 8 ▁Div inity ▁School ▁gradu