Richards, James. Lectures on the Prayer of Faith : read before the Theological Students at Auburn, N. Y. and published at their request. New-York: Jonathan Leavitt, 1832. First Edition. [11470]
Removed, no wrapper, 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches, 38 pp., light stain in top margin throughout. Good. Pamphlet.
The text is James 1:5-7, "If any man lack wisdom...&c."
The main points are I. What is the great end or design of prayer? II. Wherein does the importance of this duty appear? III. What are some of the characteristics of an acceptable prayer? IV. What is to be understood by the prayer of faith, and how far has God bound himself to hear and answer such prayer?
There are two lectures in this pamphlet, with continuous page numbers.
James Richards, D. D. (1767-1843), b. New Canaan, CT; d. Auburn, NY. He entered Yale College in 1789 but his health compelled him to leave. His subsequent private studies were impressive enough for Yale to grant him the B. A. in 1794. He was ordained over a Presbyterian Church in Morristown, NJ (1797), received the M.A. from Princeton College (1801), and chosen moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in 1805. He accepted a call from the church in Newark in 1809, and was chosen professor of theology in the newly-established theological seminary in Auburn, NY, (1820), first declining but then accepting their second call to that position in 1823. He remained at this post for twenty years, until his death.
