{"product_id":"1816-sermon-on-the-christian-minister-ministry-joseph-dana","title":"1816 Sermon on the Christian Minister \u0026 Ministry, Joseph Dana","description":"\u003cp\u003eDana, Joseph. \u003cstrong\u003eA Sermon, delivered at Ipswich, before the Essex Auxiliary Society for Educating Pious Youth for the Gospel Ministry, Oct. 30, 1816\u003c\/strong\u003e. Andover: Printed by Flagg and Gould, 1816. First Edition. [12569]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelf-wraps, newly resewn, untrimmed, some edge-tatters and the final leaf torn with loss in the bottom margin corner, not touching any text, 8 x 5 inches, 23 pp. Title page soiled. Good. Pamphlet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe text is Matthew 10:8, \"Freely ye have received, freely give.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree main points: 1. The great blessing of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the gospel ministry that He has appointed. 2. To consider how freely we have received this blessing. 3. See how the text applies with reference to the Society and to the youth preparing for the ministry. The last several pages contain an account of the Society with the Constitution and the list of Officers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoseph Dana, D.D. (1742-1827), born at Pomfret, Connecticut. His father was a “respectable innkeeper” who prepared his son for Yale College, where Joseph graduated in 1760, afterwards studying theology under the tutorship of Dr. Hart of Preston, Connecticut. Dana was licensed to preach in 1763 at the age of twenty and preached in the Old South Church in Boston for six months before accepting a call to Ipswitch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The early part of his ministry fell into the tempestuous period of the Revolution. Though he kept within the appropriate sphere of a Christian minister, he showed himself the decided advocate of liberty, and laboured in every suitable way for the promotion of his country’s interests. In 1801, he received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Harvard College.” – Sprague, \u003cem\u003eAnnals of the American Pulpit\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haaswurth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45909834956866,"sku":"ABE12569","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0191\/6066\/2082\/files\/DSC09459BackgroundRemoved.png?v=1793991583","url":"https:\/\/www.haaswurth.com\/products\/1816-sermon-on-the-christian-minister-ministry-joseph-dana","provider":"Haaswurth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}