Dealtry, William. A Sermon preached at the Parish Church of St. Ann's, Soho, on Friday, May 5, 1815, before the London Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews; in the seventh year of their establishment. London: London Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews, 1815. First Edition. [550]
Trimmed pamphlet, no wrapper, 8 1/4 x 5, cloth tape over the fold, Presbyterian Historical Society ink stamp on the tp, rest clean, 20 pp. Good. Pamphlet.
A sermon on Lamentations iv., 1 & 2, noting the misery of the Jews in Palestine and the prospects of their conversion to Christianity. Rev. Dealtry says that the main obstacles which must be overcome are the Jews' prejudices and their worldly interests.
William Dealtry (1775-1847), an evangelical Anglican, sometime Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, a supporter of the British and Foreign Bible Society. In 1811 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society; he was a professor of mathematics and published, besides many sermons, a textbook, The Principles of Fluxions.