Nott, Samuel, Jr. Sixteen Years' Preaching and Procedure, at Wareham, MS., by Rev. Samuel Nott, Jr. with a reprint of the Memorial, Legal Opinion, and Result of Ex Parte Council, Laid before the Mutual Council, Sept. 23, 1845. Boston: Charles Tappan, 1845. First Edition. [12111]
Removed, no wrapper, 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches, 192 pages, small slip of printed results of a meeting pasted to the final leaf. Good. Pamphlet.
The Rev. Samuel Nott, Jr., found himself hip-deep in controversy regarding his views on revival and on Christian doctrine. It appears that some troublemakers in his church were devising plans to have him ousted from the pulpit, and this is his lengthy defense of his preaching and views. Many extracts from his sermons are herein printed. His accusers find him to be Arminian, not strictly Calvinist in his preaching, and disdainful of the revivals taking place in New England at the time. They said he was against any meeting except those on Sunday, and that his private conversation was not at all religious, but worldly. There is even a "Document No. 2 on pp. 45-46 entitled, "Reasons why we do not like Mr. Nott's preaching."
Samuel Nott, Jr. (1788-1869), b. Franklin, Connecticut; d. Hartford, Connecticut. Nott was one of the first five missionaries sent out by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, sent to India in 1812. He and Gordon Hall engaged in covert mission work in Bombay, preaching the gospel and translating the scriptures. Nott returned to the United States after four years, his health in shambles. He was pastor at Galway, NY (1823-1829), and at Wareham, MA (1829-1849). He operated an academy at Wareham from 1849 to 1866.
