James, J. A. Pastoral Claims Stated : A Sermon, addressed to the Church assembling in Livery Street, Birmingham; November 16, 1827, at the Settlement of The Rev. J. Mather. Birmingham: B. Hudson, 1827. [11610]
Newly sewn into an acid-free wrapper, small institutional stamp on tp, "To the Rev. Mr. Patton with kind regards from the Author" in black ink at the top of the title page. 6 3/4 x 4 1/8 inches, 32 clean pp. Good. Pamphlet.
The text is I Thessalonians 5: 12, 13: "And we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; and to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake: and be at peace among yourselves."
A sermon on the duties owed to a pastor. I. Pay proper respect to the office which he sustains. II. The Word of God claims for the minister a due regard for his authority. III. The pastor has a claim on the members for regular, punctual and serious attendance upon his ministry. IV. A minister has a claim for the people's sincere and fervent affection. V. He has a claim for respectful attention to his instructions, counsels, and reproofs. VI. He has a claim for your co-operation in "all his judicious schemes of usefulness." VII. He has a claim upon your prayers.
John Angell James (1785-1859), "an eminent Congregational minister." James was an Englishman who entered the ministry when only seventeen years old.
"In the course of years Angell James came to be considered the most important and influential public man in connection with his own denomination, and on account of his evangelical views of religion, he was also much esteemed both by the Low-Church party in the English Establishment, and by Dissenters generally in Scotland and America." - M'Clintock & Strong.
