
Worcester, Samuel. True Liberality 1816 American Society for Educating Pious Youth for the Gospel Ministry
Worcester, Samuel. True Liberality: A Sermon, preached in Boston on the First Anniversary of the American Society for Educating Pious Youth for the Gospel Ministry, Oct. 23, 1816. Andover: Flagg and Gould, 1816. First Edition. [9774] Removed, sewn into a new acid-free wrapper, 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches, narrow clip at the top of the tp, 44 clean pp. Good. Pamphlet. An appeal for ministers of the gospel and their support. Gives facts regarding the population of the world and the great throngs who have never heard the gospel.Samuel Worcester, D.D. (1770-1821), born at Hollis, New Hampshire, graduated at Dartmouth College with the highest honors in 1795. “[In 1797] he was ordained pastor of the Church at Fitchburg, a society which was cursed by all the evils of the Half-Way Covenant – including among its members Deists, Arians, Universalists, and the openly immoral. With decision, inflexible integrity, and solemn faithfulness to truth and duty, Worcester opened the batteries of the Gospel upon