Bethune, George W. The Strength of Christian Charity: A Sermon, preached before The Foreign Evangelical Society, New York, May 5, 1844. Philadelphia: Printed for the Foreign Evangelical Society, John C. Clark, Printer, 1844. First Edition. [10718]
Removed, sewn into a new acid-free wrapper, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, 39 clean pp. Good. Pamphlet.
The text is 2 Corinthians 9:8-14.
"Christian Charity; which, from the tenor of the New Testament, we may define to be, Love to Christ manifest in love to those whom Christ loves. We have before us the apostle's doctrine, argument, and exhortations. Let us endeavor to profit by them, and learn the exercise of true Christian Charity, while we consider, First - Its Efforts, Secondly - Its Resources, Thirdly - Its Encouragements."
George Washington Bethune (1805-1862), b. in New York city to devout Christian parents. He graduated at Dickinson College in 1822 and subsequently studied theology at Princeton, being ordained in the Presbyterian church in 1825. He accepted an appointment as chaplain to seamen in the port of Savannah, but in 1826 returned to the north and transferred his ecclesiastical alliance to the Reformed Dutch church, accepting the pastoral calls of several churches in the Utica, NY area. - Appleton. He afterward was the pastor of Reformed Dutch churches in Philadelphia and Brooklyn. He was accomplished as both a theologian and a student of literature, published numerous works in both fields.
