Moore, Zephaniah Swift. The Sabbath a Permanent and Benevolent Institution: A Sermon, preached at the Annual Election, May 27, 1818, before His Excellency John Brooks, Esq., Governor; His Honor William Phillips, Esq., Lieutenant Governor; The Honorable Council; and the Legislature of Massachusetts. Boston: Printed by Russell, Cutler and Co. for Benjamin Russell, Printer to the State, 1818. First Edition. [11246]
Removed, 8 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches, 27 pages, foxing. Good. Pamphlet.
An Election Sermon on the text Mark 2:27, 28: "And he said unto them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath: Therefore the Son of Man is Lord also of the Sabbath."
Dr. Moore argues from Scripture that the Sabbath is both Permanent and Benevolent, and the day has been changed from the seventh to the first day of the week. He concludes by pressing upon his audience of civil magistrates, "that by protecting the sabbath from open violation, you set up a rampart around the paternal government and wholesome laws of the Commonwealth, which will better secure their observance, than millions expended in erecting prisons. To protect the sabbath, then, is the part of kindness and benevolence."
Zephaniah Swift Moore, D.D. (1770-1823), born at Palmer, Massachusetts. President of Williams College, 1815-21; President of Amherst College, 1821-23. Born to pious farming parents, Zephaniah worked on the family farm until eighteen years of age. His parents managed to send him to Dartmouth, where he excelled as a student. He afterwards studied theology under Dr. Charles Backus and was ordained a Congregational minister. He served about 15 years as a pastor in Leicester, Mass. before accepting the chair of Professor of Languages in Dartmouth College. He was elected President of Williams College in 1815, and at Amherst College in 1821.
