Skinner, Thomas H. The Utility of Prayer: The National Preacher, Vol. I. No. 2. New York: The National Preacher, 1826. [11618]
Removed, 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches, 32 pp., foxing. Good. Pamphlet.
The text is Job 21:15, "What profit should we have, if we pray unto him?"
Thomas H. Skinner (1791-1871), born in North Carolina and graduated at Princeton in 1809. He became co-pastor with Dr. Janeway in the Second Church, Philadelphia. Skinner adopted New School views, which led to his separation from Janeway in 1816, when he became the pastor of the Fifth Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia. In 1832 he accepted the call as professor of Sacred Theology in Andover, in 1835 returned to the pastorate at Mercer Street Church, New York, where he labored for 13 years. He then became professor of Sacred Theology in Union Theological Seminary, New York City.
