Sprague, William B. 1843 Foreign Missions Sermon

Sprague, William B. A Sermon delivered in connection with the Anniversary of the Foreign Evangelical Society, in the Reformed Dutch Church, Lafayette Place, New-York, on Sabbath evening, May 7, 1843; And subsequently repeated, by request of said Society, in Albany and Philadelphia. New-York: John S. Taylor & Co., 1843. First Edition. [9142] Peach printed wrapper, 9 x 5 1/2 inches, 55 pp., partly unopened, foxing. Very good. Pamphlet. A sermon on the text Acts 16:9, "There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia and help us." The author discourses on the importance of the work and the need to support it. He comments on the religious condition of several European countries, France in particular. "France has been swept and scathed by a burning tempest of Atheism."William Buell Sprague (1795-1876), born in Andover, Connecticut; graduated at Yale in 1815, and afterwards studied at Princeton for two years. He was ordained in the Congregational Church at