Arms, Hiram P. The Mystery of Providence. A Discourse, occasioned by the death of Hon. Jabez W. Huntington, United States Senator, Delivered in the First Church in Norwich, November 7, 1847. Norwich, [Connecticut]: J. Dunham's Press, 1847. First Edition. [12347]
Self wraps, 8 x 5 1/4 inches, 26 pages. Good. Pamphlet.
The text is Job 37: 23 & 24, "The Almighty - we cannot find him out: excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice; he will not afflict. Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart."
The preacher was the pastor of the First Congregational Church in Norwich, Connecticut. Includes the remarks given graveside.
Jabez William Huntington (1788-1847), b. & d. at Norwich, Connecticut. He was educated at Yale College, afterwards studying law at Litchfield, and was admitted to the bar in 1810. He served several terms in the US House of Representatives, and also several terms as a US Senator.
