1797 DAVID TAPPAN. The Necessity of Holy Ministers to Revival and the Preservation of America
1797 DAVID TAPPAN. The Necessity of Holy Ministers to Revival and the Preservation of America
Tappan, David. A Sermon Delivered before the Annual Convention of the Congregational Ministers of Massachusetts, in Boston, June 1, 1797. Boston. Samuel Hall. 1797. 32pp.
Very interesting sermon from early in the post-American Revolution era where the United States was attempting to establish its own cultural, religious, and governmental identities. More specifically, Tappan is concerned with a revival of holiness and vital religion among the ministers of his time, pre-dating but evocative of Robert Murray M’Cheyne’s dictum, “A holy minister weapon is an horrible weapon in the hand of God.”
Tappan is considered a major influence in stirring up a desire for a revival of genuine experimental Christianity that led to the Second Great Awakening.
Based on Exodus 28.36, 38 “And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD, and it shall be upon Aaron’s forehead.”
Chipped, nearly disbound; lacks final leaf only. A slightly defective copy of an important historical sermon. Would be much dearer if not so.