Ellingwood, John. A Sermon, delivered February 20, 1822, at the Ordination of the Rev. Charles Frost, to the Pastoral Care of the Congregational Church in Bethel, ME. Bath, [Maine]: Printed by Joseph G. Torrey, 1822. First Edition. [12141]
Inscribed in brown ink at the top of the title page: "Revd. Ebenezer Porter, D. D., from his Friend & .....? J. M. E." Difficult to make out the last word of the author's inscription.
Removed, no wrapper, 8 x 5 inches, 24 pages. Good. Pamphlet.
The text is I Timothy 1:11, "The glorious gospel of the blessed God."
Rev. Dr. Ebenezer Porter's copy.
Rev. John Wallis Ellingwood (1782-1860), b. Essex, Massachusetts. Rev. Leonard Woods preached his ordination sermon when Ellingwood was installed over the congregation at Bath, Maine, in 1812.