Humphrey, Heman. The Good Pastor : A Sermon, preached in the city of Boston before the Pastoral Association of Massachusetts, May 31, 1826. Amherst: Published by Mark A. Newman; Carter and Adams, Printers, 1826. First Edition. [11635]
Newly sewn into an acid-free wrapper, 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches, small institutional stamp on tp, 32 pp. Good. Pamphlet.
The text is Ephesians 4:11, "and he gave some...pastors and teachers." He treats of pastoral qualifications, the example a pastor must set, and of the active and important duties of a pastor.
Heman Humphrey, D.D. (1779-1861), born at West Simbury, CT; died at Pittsfield, MA. He graduated from Yale College, in 1805; was pastor of the Congregational Church in Fairfield from 1807 to 1817; and in Pittsfield, MA, from 1817 to 1823. In 1823 Humphrey became the second president of Amherst College, serving the college for 22 years in that capacity. He was a major influence for temperance reform, and a supporter of revivals; he was the author of the influential Revival Sketches and Manual.
