Porter, Ebenezer. The Christian Citizen; or The Duty of Praying for Rulers: Two Sermons preached in the Chapel of the Theological Seminary, Andover, on the State Fast, April 7, 1831. Boston: Peirce and Parker, 1831. Second Edition, with an Appendix. [10713]
Removed, sewn into a new acid-free wrapper, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, 44 pp., some pencil marginalia. Good. Pamphlet.
Two sermons, which are actually one long sermon in two parts, on the text I Timothy 2: 11-12. The duty of prayer for civil rulers is explained and commended, with encouragements and warnings. Particular notice is given of the duty of United States citizens to do so, with warnings against the encroachment of papists (see appendix note D.) who have failed to establish republican governments in their own countries. The appendix also has extracts and thoughts regarding Washington's farewell address and his warnings against parties in politics.
Ebenezer Porter, D.D. (1772-1834), b. Cornwall, Conn.; d. Andover, Mass. A graduate of Dartmouth College (1792), Porter was a Congregational minister, author, president of Andover Theological Seminary, where he also filled the post of Professor of Sacred Rhetoric,
