Church, John Hubbard. The First Settlement of New England. A Sermon, delivered in the South Parish in Andover, April 5, 1810; being the Annual Fast in Massachusetts. Sutton, (Mass.): Printed and Sold by Sewall Goodridge, 1810. First Edition. [12135]
Removed, no wrapper, 6 1/2 x 4 inches, 24 pages, some light stains. Printed in old font with the long "s." Good. Pamphlet.
The text is Psalm 105:44-45, "And gave them the lands of the heathen; - that they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws."
Reviews the early years of the Puritan and Pilgrim migration to New England, and the fact that "Mr. Robinson was a learned, orthodox, pious divine." After describing the doctrines of the settlers, Rev. Church inquires whether or not the New England churches have departed from the faith and practice of their ancestors. He finds several examples of apostasy, and spells them out.
John Hubbard Church (1772-1840), b. Rutland, Mass.; d. Pelham, New Hampshire. A Congregational minister, Church graduated at Harvard (1797), and was installed as pastor in Pelham (1798), where he remained for the rest of his life. He was a trustee of Dartmouth College and President of the New Hampshire Bible Society; Williams College awarded him a D.D. in 1823.
