A very desirable first imprint of the ordination sermon preached at the departure of Adoniram Judson for the mission field at Burmah / Myanmar. Increasingly rare, the sermon commemorates one of the truly landmark moments in missionary history.
[Missionary - Burmah - Baptist]. Woods, Leonard. A Sermon Delivered at the Tabernacle in Salem, Feb. 6, 1812, on Occasion of the Ordination of the Rev. Messrs Samuel Newell, A. M. Adoniram Judson, A. M. Samuel Nott, A. M. Gordon Hall, A. M. and Luther Rice, A. B. Missionaries to the Heathen in Asia. Under the Direction of the Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Boston. Printed and Sold by Samuel T. Armstrong, Cornhill. 1812. 38pp.
A good - example of a very desirable imprint. Removed from a larger sammelband, though complete, sans half-title, flotsam from previous binding on spine, some handling and stains as shown, a bit of ghosted text from the item before it in the sammelband on the title as shown.
