William Augustus Muhlenberg was an Episcopal clergyman and educator. Muhlenberg is considered the father of church schools in the United States. An early exponent of the Social Gospel, he founded St. Luke's Hospital in New York City. Muhlenberg was also an early leader of the liturgical movement in Anglican Christianity. His model schools on Long Island had a significant impact on the history of American education. Muhlenberg left his work in secondary education in 1845. Wikipedia
“I would not live alway: I ask not to stay
Where storm after storm rises dark o’er the way.”
I would not live alway (published 1826), reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
I would not live alway (published 1826), reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Religion should never be held to account for inferior scholarship.”
"The Development of the School Idea in American Church Life," in Dr. Muhlenberg by William Wilberforce Newton, 1890.
“The head should not be furnished at the expense of the heart.”
AN ADDRESS, Delivered by WM. AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, after a public examination of the Students of the Institute at Flushing, L.I., July 28, 1831.