Griffin, John. A Sermon, occasioned by The Death of The Rev. David Bogue, D. D. Tutor of the Hampshire and Missionary Academy at Gosport. Preached in King Street Chapel, Portsea, Nov. 3, 1825. Containing, in the closing part of the discourse, the substance of an Oration delivered over the body, in the chapel at Gosport, on the day of the funeral. Portsea: Printed and Sold by Samuel Griffin, 1826. Second Edition. [11652]
Removed, no wrapper, 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches; vi, 59, [1] clean pp. Good. Pamphlet.
The text is 2 Samuel 3:38, "Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?"
Three points regarding Dr. Bogue: 1. To show that Dr. Bogue was a great man - a man of great character. 2. To describe the causes of the formation of this great character. 3. To consider what profitable uses we should make of such a character.
David Bogue (1750-1825), “a dissenting minister, educated at the University of Edinburgh, was pastor of an Independent congregation at Gosport for fifty years, and head of the academy established by Mr. Welsh, a banker, for educating young men for the ministry.” – Allibone.
Rev. John Griffin (1769-1834). b. Woburn, England. An Independent minister, Griffin was the pastor of a congregation in Portsea, England. He was minister to and author of the Life of Captain James Wilson, who commanded the ship Duff to convey a team of missionaries to Tahiti, Tonga, and the Marquesas islands.
