Bartol, C. A. The Alarm: A Discourse on the Introduction of the New Fire Alarm, preached in the West Church, Boston. Boston: Leonard C. Bowles, 1854. First Edition. [12071]
Removed, no wrapper, 8 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches, 12 clean pp. Good. Pamphlet.
The text is Ezekiel 3: 17, "I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore...give them warning from me."
The author describes the "thin, scarce visible wire" that ranges through the city, connecting the city and enabling people to communicate, and to sound the alarm of fires. He uses this as an analogy, and shows that the secrets of the heart will be broadcast, that we are warned that delay is unsafe, the moral dangers of men are common to them, the whole community is affected by the moral state of each person, and that we must heed the alarms that God gives to us.
Cyrus Augustus Bartol (1813-1900), b. Freeport, Maine; d. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. A graduate of Bowdoin College and Harvard Divinity School, Rev. Bartol was a Unitarian in belief. He preached at West Church in Boston for over fifty years.
