April 12, 2024
RARE 1797 Sermons by Nehemiah Williams, Worcester MA
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Twenty Four Sermons, on various Useful Subjects. By Nehemiah Williams.Worcester [MA]: Leonard Worcester. 1797. Leather, scuffed, ex seminary library with old markings, 8 x 5, 339 pages, good condition. Nehemiah Williams (1749-1796), born at Hadley, Mass.; died at Brimfield, Mass. Williams graduated at Harvard in 1769 and became the pastor of the Congregational church at Hadley in December of 1775. His sister was the wife of Rev. Nathanael Emmons. “He was eminently judicious in his preaching and practice. While an acceptable preacher, he probably gained his greatest influence as a wise and reliable Christian pastor. After his best efforts in the pulpit, his hearers felt that there was more in the man to be revered and loved, than they had seen or heard in the sermon. After his decease, a volume of his sermons was published…The early part of his ministry was during the Revolutionary war. There was continual embarrassment in regard to his salary, owing to the continual depreciation of the Continental Currency…In the twenty-one years of Mr. Williams’ ministry, one hundred and twenty-five were added to the church; three hundred and sixty-two baptized. No disaffection whatever seems to have arisen during his pastorate of almost a quarter of a century.” – Hyde, Historical celebration of the town of Brimfield, Hampden County, Mass . 8% sales
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