Stuart, Moses. A Sermon occasioned by the completion of The New College Edifice for the use of the Theological Seminary at Andover, and delivered Sept. 13, 1821. Andover: Published by Flagg and Gould, 1821. First Edition. [12128]
Removed, no wrapper, 8 x 5 inches, 46 pages. Small pencil marks in some margins. Good. Pamphlet.
The text is Proverbs 3:6, "In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." The author uses the text and occasion to review the past, state the present, and foretell the future, of the Andover Seminary.
Moses Stuart (1780-1852), born at Wilton, Connecticut. Stuart graduated with highest honors from Yale College in 1799, afterwards teaching at several posts, including as Tutor at Yale. He studied theology under Dr. Dwight and was ordained pastor of the Church in New Haven in 1806. From 1810 to 1848 he was Professor of Sacred Literature at Andover.
“Mr. (for he refused the title of Dr.) Stuart’s life was one of incessant labor, devoted chiefly to Biblical literature. In this he led the way in his own country with most happy results. His own contributions to sacred learning are very valuable; but perhaps he did even more by the impulse he gave to Biblical study, and the sound principles of Biblical exegesis which he instilled into the minds of his younger brethren, especially in America, than by the works which he himself published.” – M’Clintock & Strong.
