{"product_id":"1817-funeral-sermon-for-rev-nathan-strong-by-rev-nathan-perkins","title":"1817 Funeral Sermon for Rev. Nathan Strong, by Rev. Nathan Perkins","description":"\u003cp\u003ePerkins, Nathan. \u003cstrong\u003eA Sermon delivered at the interment of the Rev. Nathan Strong, D.D., Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Hartford; who died December 25, 1816: aged sixty-eight, and in the forty-third year of his ministry.\u003c\/strong\u003e Hartford: George Goodwin and Sons, Printers, 1817.  [12350]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRemoved, no wrapper, includes the half-title, signed in brown ink at the top of the half-title, \"Rev.d Sam'l Whittle, from his affc. Bro. S. G. Goodrich.\" This inscription is trimmed close with some edge loss; Goodrich's signature is complete. 8 1\/2 x 5 inches, 27 pp. Small woodcut engraving of a tombstone on the title page. Good. Pamphlet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe text is Revelation 2:10, \"Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNathan Strong, D.D. (1748-1816), Presbyterian\/Congregational minister, b. Connecticut, graduated at Yale (1769), pastor of First Church Hartford. An early promoter of revivals, he was the founder and editor of the \u003cem\u003eConnecticut Evangelical Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e. Rev. Strong served as chaplain to American troops during the Revolution as well as conducting his regular ministry in his parish. He was an active writer and preacher promoting the cause of American liberty, and afterwards in favor of the Federalists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mr. Strong was one of those who, towards the close of the last [18th] century, had a primary agency in giving a new direction to the public mind, in respect to the religious interests of the country and the age. Being fully persuaded that the theory of revivals which then generally prevailed in the orthodox churches, was both reasonable and scriptural, he laboured with all his might, in reliance on Gods blessing, to reduce that theory to practice; and, at several different periods in the latter part of his ministry, he had the pleasure to witness the fulfilment of his hearts desire. In 1798-99, was the most extensive and powerful revival that occurred under his ministry; but in 1794, there was a state of things among his people which issued in considerable accessions to the church; and in 1808, and again in 1815, a yet more copious blessing was poured out upon them.\" - Sprague.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNathan Perkins, D.D. (1748-1838), born at Norwich, Conn., graduated at Princeton College in 1770, and was pastor of the Second (Congregational) Church at West Hartford, Conn., from 1773 until his death. – from Allibone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In the course of his ministry, Dr. Perkins preached ten thousand sermons, attended more than a hundred ecclesiastical councils, assisted more than a hundred and fifty young men in their preparation for College, and had under his care, at different times, more than thirty theological students. He was one of the original founders and most active patrons, of the Connecticut Missionary Society; and was a liberal contributor to the \u003cem\u003eConnecticut Evangelical Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e.” – Sprague.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haaswurth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45110138372162,"sku":"ABE12350","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0191\/6066\/2082\/files\/DSC08139.jpg?v=1788013398","url":"https:\/\/www.haaswurth.com\/products\/1817-funeral-sermon-for-rev-nathan-strong-by-rev-nathan-perkins","provider":"Haaswurth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}