Tappan, David. A Discourse, delivered in the South Meeting-House in Andover, before His Excellency the Governor, the Honorable Council, the President of the Senate, and Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, at the Funeral of His Honor Samuel Phillips, Esq., Late Lt. Gov. of Said Commonwealth, Feb. 15, 1802. Boston: Printed by Young and Minns, State Printers, 1802. First Edition. [12075]
"Ruth Freeman's, presented by the Revd. Author" in brown ink on the front. Removed, no wrapper, includes the half-title page, 27 pp., light to moderate foxing. Good. Pamphlet.
The text is from the 12th Psalm, "Help, Lord, for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men." A discourse on the traits of the godly and faithful man, followed by exhortations to both be and aid in the production of such men.
Rev. David Tappan, D.D. (1753-1803), born at Manchester, Mass. Tappan was admitted to Harvard College at the age of fourteen and received the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1771. He was ordained in 1774, and was pastor of the Congregational Church at Newbury, Massachusetts. In 1792 he was inaugurated Professor of Divinity at Harvard College, where he remained until his death.
"He was regarded as possessing all the characteristics of not only an eminently popular, but eminently useful, preacher; and those who knew him then [in college] were not disappointed by the brilliancy of his subsequent career. In 1794 his Alma Mater conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity...While he discharged with most scrupulous fidelity his various duties as Professor, he often preached to neighboring congregations; and such was his popularity that he was called more frequently than almost any other minister of his day, to officiate on special and extraordinary occasions." - Sprague, Annals of the American Pulpit.
