Frothingham, O. B. Theodore Parker : A Sermon preached in New York, June 10, 1860. Boston: Walker, Wise, and Company, 1860. First Edition. [12090]
Removed, no wrapper, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, 20 clean pp. Last leaf with edge chip affecting a few letters. Good. Pamphlet.
An enthusiastic review of the man and his theology, who had recently deceased. "He was the grandest theist of his time." - p. 12.
Theodore Parker (1810-1860), Unitarian minister who was considered extreme even by his own denomination. He embraced and popularized the notion that there are many paths to God, not just the means taught in the Christian scriptures. He was a highly visible and energetic worker for reformist causes and was an ardent abolitionist.
Octavius Brooks Frothingham, b. 1821, the son of the Unitarian minister Nathaniel Langdon Frothingham. O. B. graduated at Harvard and became the pastor of the Unitarian church in Salem, Mass. He then became pastor of a Unitarian church in New York city that was considered among the most radical of his denomination. In 1881 he disassociated himself from any formal church and devoted himself to writing and literature.
