Hough, John. A Sermon, delivered April 10, 1810, at the Ordination of the Rev. Daniel Haskel, as Pastor of a Church in Burlington. Burlington, Vt.: Printed by Samuel Mills, 1810. First Edition. [11612]
Newly sewn into an acid-free wrapper, 8 x 4 5/8 inches, 40 pages. Good. Pamphlet.
The text is 2 Corinthians 2:16, "And who is sufficient for these things?" A sermon on the duties of the Christian pastor.
The Charge, given by the Rev. Publius V. Booge, pastor of the church in Georgia; The Right Hand of Fellowship, by the Rev. Truman Baldwin, pastor of a church in Charlotte.
John Hough (1783-1861), b. Stamford, CT; d. Fort Wayne, IN. Hough graduated at Yale in 1802 and entered the Congregational ministry, being ordained pastor at Vergennes, VT, in 1807. In 1812 he became professor of languages in Middlebury College, Vermont, at which institution he remained for the next 27 years, filling various posts.
"Hough was eminently successful and popular as an instructor. He published three sermons, preached at ordinations (1810, 1823, 1826), and was one of the editors of The Adviser, or Vermont Evangelical Magazine. - M'Clintock & Strong.
