Porter, Ebenezer. The Character of Nehemiah, or Jerusalem Built Up: A Sermon, preached on the Public Fast, April 4, 1816. In the Chapel of the Theological Seminary at Andover. Andover: Published by Flagg and Gould, 1816. First Edition. [11248]
Sewn into a new acid-free wrapper, 8 x 5 inches, 24 generally clean pp., some light soil/toning to the title page. Good. Pamphlet.
A sermon on the text Nehemiah 2:17, "Then said I unto them, ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach."
Dr. Porter points out the character of Nehemiah, his piety, integrity, firmness, and patriotism. The application is that those today who would build up the walls of Zion will have enemies and it is needful to have union, system, and perseverance.
He concludes with a great sin of the United States, in profaning the Sabbath with the Sunday mails. "We have seen the transmission and opening of the mail on this day, becoming extensively, a pretext for worldly amusements and employments; and, in the form of a national usage, threatening to subvert those laws which individual states have provided to guard the sanctity of the sabbath." p. 21.
Ebenezer Porter, D.D. (1772-1834), b. Cornwall, Conn.; d. Andover, Mass. A graduate of Dartmouth College (1792), Porter was a Congregational minister, author, president of Andover Theological Seminary, where he also filled the post of Professor of Sacred Rhetoric. “As a theological instructor, Dr. Porter had few equals. He was remarkably well endowed for the training of young men for the holy ministry.” - M’Clintock & Strong, The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature (1880). Dr. Porter published many sermons and was the author of several valuable manuals for young ministers and on Revivals of Religion.
