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Colonial pamphlet on the death of a pastor, in original bindings...
Colonial pamphlet on the death of a pastor, in original bindings...
Item # 706017
July 13, 1767
Pamphlet: "An EXTRACT from a late SERMON On the Death of the Reverend Mr. Joseph Emerson, Pastor of the First Church in Malden, Who Died very suddenly On Monday Evening July 13th, 1767. In the 68th Year of his Age. Delivered at Malden, By Joseph Emerson, A.M. Pastor of the Church at Pepperrell.
Boston: Printed by Edes & Gill...MDCCLXVII [1767]
Complete in 24 pages with full title page containing wide mourning rules, never bound nor trimmed with wide margins, original string binding, 5 by 7 3/4 inches, very nice condition.
AI notes: In the funeral discourse on his father, the Reverend Joseph Emerson of Malden, the preacher portrays his late father as a man of deep and lifelong piety, remarkable even from his earliest years — so much so that “he was able to pray in the family, in the absence of my grandfather, before he was eight years of age, to the astonishment of those who attended on the exercises of the family.” This vivid anecdote — one of the few surviving glimpses we have of the original sermon — is offered not merely as a charming childhood memory but as evidence of a consistent, enduring devotion to God that marked his father’s entire life and ministry. Such early spiritual precocity set the tone for a long pastoral career, one rooted in Calvinistic convictions and diligent service, and underscores the sermon’s broader theme: that a life continually devoted to prayer, Scripture, and the care of souls is both a comfort to the bereaved and a lasting testimony to the glory of God.
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