A Sermon, delivered at the Installation of the Rev. Andrew Bigelow, to the Pastoral Care of the Church in Medford, July 9, 1823. By Aaron Bancroft, D.D. Pastor of the Second Congregational Church in Worcester

Boston: John B. Russell, Printer, 1823. First edition. Removed. A very good copy, scattered foxing, small chip on last leaf.. 28 pp. 8vo. Inscription on title page trimmed. Bigelow (1795-1887) was the fourth minister of the church. Differences had been brewing under the prior minister, David Osgood; and Aaron Bancroft (1755-1839), who was an intimate of Bigelow's father, warns him of this in his sermon: "The members of your society have formed dissimilar opinions on the important doctrines of the gospel, and they will all expect from you equal attention and tenderness; this will require accuracy of discrimination in your public sermons, and delicacy in your private intercourse." Bigelow, however, would not be able to reconcile the two groups. The Trinitarian dissidents would leave to form their own church while Bigelow's would remain Unitarian. Printed slip on p. 16 states: "The following charge [17-23 pp.] was given by the Rev. Ezra Ripley, D.D. of Concord; and the right hand of fellowship [25-28 pp.] by the Rev. James Walker of Charlestown." Sabin 3105n. Shoemaker 11673.