Harris, Thaddeus Mason. A Sermon, preached at the Ordination of the Rev. Samuel Osgood, to the pastoral care of the First Church and Society of Springfield, January 25, 1809. Springfield, (Massachusetts): Printed by Thomas Dickman, 1809. First Edition. [11623]
Removed, no wrapper, 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches, 21 pp. Good. Pamphlet.
The text is I Timothy 4:16, "Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them; for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself and them that hear thee."
Thaddus Mason Harris, D. D. (1768-1842), Harvard graduate (1787), appointed librarian there in 1781. In 1789 he accepted a call from the First Unitarian Church at Dorchester, and was pastor there until 1839. He was one of the founding members of the American Antiquarian Society.
