Produced by Julia Miller, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) SPEECHES, ADDRESSES, AND OCCASIONAL SERMONS, BY THEODORE PARKER, MINISTER OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN BOSTON. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. III. BOSTON: HORACE B. FULLER, (SUCCESSOR TO WALKER, FULLER, AND COMPANY,) 245, WASHINGTON STREET. 1867. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, by THEODORE PARKER, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. CONTENTS OF VOLUME III. I. A SPEECH AT A MEETING OF THE CITIZENS OF BOSTON IN FANEUIL HALL, MARCH 25, 1850, TO CONSIDER THE SPEECH OF MR. WEBSTER PAGE 1 II. A SPEECH AT THE NEW ENGLAND ANTI-SLAVERY CONVENTION IN BOSTON, MAY 29, 1850 38 III. A DISCOURSE OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OF THE LATE PRESIDENT TAYLOR.--Preached at the Melodeon, on Sunday, July 14, 1850 87 IV. THE FUNCTION AND PLACE OF CONSCIENCE, IN RELATION TO THE LAWS OF MEN; A SERMON FOR THE TIMES.--Preached at the Melodeon, on Sunday, September 22, 1850 131 V. THE STATE OF THE NATION, CONSIDERED IN A SERMON FOR THANKSGIVING DAY.--Preached at the Melodeon, November 28, 1850 180 VI. THE CHIEF SINS OF THE PEOPLE.--A Sermon delivered at the Melodeon, on Fast Day, April 10, 1851 230 VII. THE THREE CHIEF SAFEGUARDS OF SOCIETY, CONSIDERED IN A SERMON AT THE MELODEON, on Sunday, July 6, 1851 292 VIII. THE POSITION AND DUTIES OF THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR.--An Address delivered at Waterville, August 8, 1849 346 I. SPEECH AT A MEETING OF THE CITIZENS OF BOSTON, IN FANEUIL HALL, MARCH 25, 1850, TO CONSIDER THE SPEECH OF MR. WEBSTER.