William Henry Channing (May 25, 1810 - December 23, 1884) was a American Unitarian clergyman, writer and philosopher. May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion. ...

Channing was born in Boston, Massachusetts to a prominent Unitarian family; his uncle William Ellery Channing (the elder) was the pre-eminent Unitarian theologian of the early nineteenth century. He graduated at Harvard in 1829, at Cambridge Divinity School in 1833, and was ordained and installed over the Unitarian church in Cincinnati in 1835.[1] After filling several pastorates in the United States, he succeeded (1857) James Martineau as minister of the Hope Street Unitarian Chapel, Liverpool, England. At the commencement of the American Civil War he returned (1862) and took charge of the Unitarian church in Washington, D. C. He was one of the early supporters of the socialistic movement in this country, was editor of the Present and the Harbinger, and in 1848 presided over a socialistic association in Boston. William Henry Channing, along with the younger Ellery Channing, was a Transcendentalist. He was a prolific writer, contributing to the North American Review, the Dial, the Christian Examiner, and other serials, a member of the Transcendental Club, and corresponded with Ralph Waldo Emerson. Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, Athens of America, The Hub (of the Universe)1 Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County  - Mayor Thomas M. Menino (D) Area    - City  89. ... Historic Unitarianism believed in the oneness of God as opposed to traditional Christian belief in the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). ... Dr. William Ellery Channing (April 7, 1780 – October 2, 1842) was the foremost Unitarian preacher in the United States in the early nineteenth century and, along with Andrews Norton, one of Unitarianisms leading theologians. ... Harvard redirects here. ... Nickname: The Queen City Location in Hamilton County, Ohio, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio County Hamilton Founded 1788 Incorporated 1802 (village) - 1819 (city) Government type Strong mayor  - Mayor Mark L. Mallory (D) Area    - City  79. ... James Martineau (April 21, 1805 - January 11, 1900) was an English philosopher. ... Liverpool, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia Coordinates: Federal District District of Columbia  - Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D)  - City Council Chairperson: Vincent C. Gray (D) Ward 1: Jim Graham (D) Ward 2: Jack Evans... Socialism refers to a broad array of doctrines or political movements that envisage a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to social control. ... Transcendentalism was the name of a group of new ideas in literature, religion, culture and philosophy which emerged in New England in the early- to mid-nineteenth century. ... First issue of the North American Review with signature of its editor William Tudor (1779-1830). ... The January 1920 issue of the Dial. ... The Transcendental Club was the group of New England intellectuals of the early-to-mid-19th century which gave rise to Transcendentalism. ... Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, poet, and leader of the Transcendentalist movement in the early nineteenth century. ...

Among his inspirational writings, one piece, his "Symphony", is well-known:

To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not, rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common -- this is my symphony.

Channing was, in 1863 and 1864, the Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives. He died in London. The election of William Linn as Chaplain of the House on May 1, 1789, continued the tradition established by the Continental Congresses of each days proceedings opening with a prayer by a chaplain. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

Larger works

• A translation of Jouffroy's Ethics (1840)
• Memoir of [his uncle] William Ellery Channing (three volumes, 1848)
• Memoir of [his cousin] the Rev. James H. Perkins (1851)
• Memoir of Margaret Fuller Ossoli (in conjunction with Emerson and J. F. Clarke (1852)

Théodore Simon Jouffroy (July 6, 1796 - February 4, 1842) was a French philosopher. ... Dr. William Ellery Channing (April 7, 1780 – October 2, 1842) was the foremost Unitarian preacher in the United States in the early nineteenth century and, along with Andrews Norton, one of Unitarianisms leading theologians. ... The Reverend is an honorary prefix to the names of most Christian clergy and ministers. ... Margaret Fuller, by Marchioness Ossoli. ... James Freeman Clarke (April 4, 1810 - June 8, 1888), American preacher and author, was born in Hanover, New Hampshire. ...

Literature

• For his Life consult O. B. Frothingham (Boston, 1886)

Octavius Brooks Frothingham (November 26, 1822 - November 27, 1895), was an American clergyman and author. ...

See also

• Normal School for Colored Girls

The Normal School for Colored Girls was established in Washington, D.C. in 1851 for educating and training young African-American women, especially so that they might become teachers. ...

External links

• William Henry Channing from the Transcendentalism Web
• Entry in "The American Cyclopaedia" edited by George Ripley, Charles A. (Charles Anderson) Dana; D. Appleton and company; Google Books

• This article incorporates text from an edition of the New International Encyclopedia that is in the public domain.