Cox, Samuel Hanson. The Bright and Blessed Destination of the World: A Discourse delivered at Pittsfield, Mass., on the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 1849, before the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. New-York: John F. Trow, Printer, 1849. First Edition. [11113]
Removed, no wrapper, 8 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches, 45 clean pp. Good. Pamphlet.
The text is Daniel 7:27, "And the Kingdom and Dominion, and the greatness of the Kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey Him."
The theme is this: "The whole world, civilized and populated, shall yet be Christianized, God having eternally purposed the glorious consummation, and revealed its truth to his genuine worshippers, nay, to all mankind, for the obedience of faith."
The five considerations of the text are,
I. Its scope and import;
II. Its necessary truth; III. Its relation to faith;
IV. Its connection with human agency subordinate; and
V. Its power to encourage and sustain us by faith, us and especially our laborious and self-denying brethren in the missionary field..."
Samuel Hanson Cox, D.D., LL.D., (1793-1880), b. Leesville, New Jersey; d. Bronxville, New York. After he had commenced studying law, he came to the conclusion that God had called him to the work of the ministry, and was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of New York, October, 1816, and ordained by the same body, July 1st, 1817. In 1820 he became pastor of the Laight Street Presbyterian Church in the city of New York. In 1834 he removed to Auburn, N.Y., and during the next two years was professor of Sacred Rhetoric in the Theological Seminary at Auburn. In 1837 he accepted a call to the First Church, Brooklyn, N.Y., of which he continued to be pastor till 1854, when he was obliged, by loss of voice, to desist from public speaking. Subsequently he was president of the Ingham University for several years. Dr. Cox presided as moderator of the New School General Assembly in 1846, and was one of the originators of the New York Observer, and a valuable contributor. – Excerpted from Nevin. Cox was instrumental in the foundation of the University of the City of New York, and was for many years professor of ecclesiastical history in the Union Theological Seminary of New York, and also presided for a time over the Female College at LeRoy. He retired for a time to “a pleasant property at Owego, Tioga Co., N.Y.," and spent the last years of his life in retirement in Westchester County. Summarized from McClintock & Strong. Dr. Cox was an ardent abolitionist and a member of the New School party of Presbyterians.
