A Sermon Delivered at the Ordination of the Rev. Ephraim T. Woodruff, A.M. to the Pastoral Care of the Church of Christ in North Coventry. On the 8th of April, 1801 [Half title: Mr. Woodruff's Ordination Sermon]
- Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1801
Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1801. Very Good -. Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1801. First Edition. Octavo; stitched self-wrappers; 23,[1]pp. ([A]-C4, collated complete). External leaves heavily spotted and rather worn with shallow losses and closed tears not approaching text, textblock uniformly browned, else a Good to Very Good example.
Uncommon ordination sermon serving up the standard advice to a young minister about to lead his first flock: "It is given, to aid in the government of our positions which being often tryed, too frequently become impetuous, and break forth in a manner unbecoming the man, whose life and manners should be one continued series of pious example to others" (p. 17).
SHAW & SHOEMAKER 1681.
Uncommon ordination sermon serving up the standard advice to a young minister about to lead his first flock: "It is given, to aid in the government of our positions which being often tryed, too frequently become impetuous, and break forth in a manner unbecoming the man, whose life and manners should be one continued series of pious example to others" (p. 17).
SHAW & SHOEMAKER 1681.