Dutton, Aaron. The Gospel, the Power of God unto Salvation. A Sermon, delivered at the Ordination of the Rev. Thomas Ruggles to the Pastoral Care of the First Church in Derby, August 31, 1809. New-Haven: Printed by Oliver Steele and Co., 1809. First Edition. [12307]
Removed, no wrapper, old reinforcement over the fold, 8 1/4 x 5 inches, 23 pp. "Mr. Jared Scarborough's Presented by his friend the author" in brown ink at the top fo the first page of text. Good. Pamphlet.
The text is Romans 1:16, "For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ; for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth."
Rev. Aaron Dutton (1780-1849), b. Waterbury, Conn.; d. Guilford, Conn. Dutton studied at Yale College, was ordained in 1805 as the pastor of the church in Guilford, at which post he remained until 1842. Rev. Dutton had become an abolitionist, a stance that was rejected by his congregation. He then was served the Home Missionary Society in Iowa for a few years, before taking sick.
