Porter, Ebenezer. A Sermon, delivered at the New Brick Meeting House, in Hartford, on the evening of May 15, 1810; At the Request of the Trustees of the Missionary Society of Connecticut. Hartford: Peter B. Gleason, Printer, 1810. First Edition. [11633]
Newly sewn into an acid-free wrapper, 8 1/2 x 5 inches, 15 pp. Good. Pamphlet.
The text is Matthew 6:10, "Thy kingdom come." Two points in this sermon designed to interest Christians in missionary work and support: 1. What is implied in the prayer, "Thy kingdom come," and 2. What are our encouragements thus to pray.
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.
