American Sermon Sammelband. Two volumes, 19th century

AMERICAN SERMON SAMMELBAND

52 PRINTED AMERICAN SERMONS, MOSTLY EARLY 19TH-CENTURY VOLUMES, IN UNIFORM CONTEMPORARY BINDINGS, EVIDENTLY COMPILED IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

Together 52 pamphlets in 2 vols., 8vo (8 x 5 in.; 202 x 128 mm), some lacking half-titles, variously severe browning. Uniform nineteenth-century half calf over marbled boards, red morocco spine labels lettered "Sermons"; extremities rubbed.

The first volume contains 23 sermons, chiefly memorial, including Daniel Webster, Discourse in Commemoration of the Lives and Services of John Adam and Thomas Jefferson (Boston: Cummings, Hilliard, 1826); Aaron Bancroft, Sermon delivered July 9th, 1826, the Sunday following the Death of the Hon. John Adams (Worcester: Charles Griffin, 1826), presentation inscription on the title-page (cropped); Aaron Bancroft, The Leaf an Emblem of Human Life. A Sermon, delivered November 22, 1818, the Sunday following the Internment of Mrs. Mary Thomas (Worcester: William Manning, 1818), presentation inscription on the title-page (cropped); Cyrus Perkins, An Eulogy on the Hon. William H. Woodward, late a Member of the Corporation of Dartmouth University (Hanover: Charles Spear, 1818); Josiah Prentice, A Sermon delivered at Pittsfield, New-Hampshire, March 21, 1818, at the Funeral of the Rev. Benjamin Sargent. (Concord: George Hough, 1818); Jonathan Curtis, A Sermon, Preached at Epsom, New Hampshire, December 17, 1821, at the Funeral of the Hon. John M'Clary (Concord: Hill and Moore, 1821); James Miltimore, The Terrors of Death, and the Consolation of Faith … Preached … after the Internment of Mrs. Boardman, Mrs. Wiggin, and Miss Smith (Exeter: Samuel Winslow, 1795); Gardiner Spring, The Excellence and Influence of the Female Character: A Sermon (New-York: F. & R. Lockwood, 1825); Daniel Dana, A Sermon delivered before the Female Benevolent Society in Exeter (Newburyport: W. & J. Gilman, 1820); and others.

The second volume contains 29 sermons, chiefly dedications, ordinations, installations, and election, including John H. Church, Good Designs Should be Faithfully Prosecuted: A Sermon, preached at the Dedication of a Meeting-House in Goffstown, N.H., July 3, 1816 (Amherst: R. Boylston, 1816); Israel W. Putnam, A Sermon Preached November 19, 1828, at the Dedication of the Pleasant Street Church in Portsmouth (Portsmouth: Miller and Brewster, 1829); Timothy Dwight, The Dignity and Excellence of the Gospel, illustrated in a Discourse, delivered April 8, 1812, at the Ordination of the Rev. Nathaniel W. Taylor (New-York: J. Seymour, 1812); Hosea Ballou, A Sermon, delivered at Langdon, (N.H.) on the 30th Oct. 1805, at the Ordination of the Rev. Abner Kneeland (Randolph: Sereno Wright, 1806); Amos Wood,  Sermon preached before his Excellency John T. Gilman, Esq. Governor … of the State of New-Hampshire … being the Day of the General Election (Portsmouth: John Melcher, 1794); Samuel Langson, The Republic of the Israelites an Example to the American States: A Sermon preached at Concord … at the Annual Election (Exeter: Lamson and Ranlet, 1788); and others.