Porter, Ebenezer. Signs of the Times: A Sermon preached in the chapel of the Theological Seminary at Andover, on the Public Fast, April 2, 1823. Andover: Flagg and Gould, 1823. First Edition. [11620]
Removed, no wrapper, 8 1/2 x 5 inches, 28 pages. Good. Pamphlet.
A sermon on the text Matthew 16:3, "O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?"
The author says that among the signs of the times are an unusual spirit of prayer; revivals of religion, uncommonly powerful and extensive; the increase of candor and fraternal feeling among different denominations of Christians; unusual efforts to spread the Bible, evangelize the heathen, educate the young, and to increase the number of pious ministers. He applies the signs as warnings to unbelievers, and as encouragements to believers.
Ebenezer Porter, D.D. (1772-1834), b. Cornwall, Conn.; d. Andover, Mass. A graduate of Dartmouth College (1792), Porter was a Congregational minister at Washington, Connecticut;, in 1812 he was appointed professor of sacred rhetoric at Andover Theological Seminary, Massachusetts and in 1827 its president, retaining the positions until his death. “As a theological instructor, Dr. Porter had few equals. He was remarkably well endowed for the training of young men for the holy ministry.” - M’Clintock & Strong, The Cyclopedia to Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature (1880).
Dr. Porter published many sermons and was the author of several valuable manuals for young ministers and on Revivals of Religion.
