Christian Love, As Exemplified By The First Christian Church In Their Having All Things In Common, Placed In Its True And Just Point Of Light. In A Sermon, Preached At The Thursday Lecture, In Boston, August 3d. 1773…
1773. · Boston:
by Chauncy, Charles.
Pamphlet, 8vo removed, 32 pp. Disbound, with some separation of pages, includes half title. Some minor foxing and aging, and a few small chips at edges. Charles Chauncy (1705-1787) was considered one of the most influential clergymen of his time. He graduated from Harvard in 1721, and became the pastor of the First Church of Boston, where he presided for 60 years. He had an interesting career and published many tracts on important subjects, and even managed to have three wives along the way. He became the leader of the "Old Lights" or liberals in theology, and was also the leader in the opposition to the establishment of an "Anglican bishopric in the American colonies." During the American Revolution he supported the cause in his sermons and pamphlets. The present work contains an advertisement sponsored by people that heard the sermon, who felt that it might inspire goodwill toward the poor. The message of this sermon was that as Christians people were bound to love one another. DAB Vol. II. Columbia Encyclopedia, sixth edition, 2001.Evans 12717. Not in Streeter. (Inventory #: 106478)