Hale, Edward E. How to Seek God : The Duties and the Dangers of A Revival: A Sermon preached at the South Congregational Church, Boston, On the 14th of March, 1858. Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Co, 1858. First Edition. [12116]
Removed, no wrapper, 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches, 12 pages, short tear to the margin of the first few leaves. Good. Pamphlet.
No. 2533 in Roberts, Revival Literature: An Annotated Bibliography.
The text is Jeremiah 29:13, "Ye shall seek me, and find me, when you search for me with all your heart." The sermon includes comments on Charles Finney and his revivals, explains why the Unitarians do not join in with them.
Edward Everett Hale (1822–1909), b. Boston, Mass.; d. Roxbury, Mass. Hale is best remembered today as the author of the pro-Union novel, The Man Without a Country. He was a graduate of Harvard College and of the Harvard Divinity School. A Unitarian in theology, he was pastor of the Church of the Unity in Worcester, Mass. (1846-1856), and of the South Congregational Church, Boston (1856-1899). He was an active member of the American Antiquarian Society, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a member of the American Philosophical Society. Hale authored several popular novels, and was a frequent contributor to the periodical press.
