1791 JOHN WITHERSPOON &c. The American Preacher; First Collection of American Pulpit Sermons Post-Revolutionary War

The "American Preacher" represented the first major attempt at distinguishing the pulpit of the "United States" after the revolution. Many sermons had been published, but the present, which would ultimately include four volumes, presented a systematic attempt at articulating the Gospel in the new democratic republic. Quite scarce. The present includes, fittingly, John Witherspoon's "Ministerial Character and Duty" as the first sermon, clearly attempting to situate clergy and the preaching of the Gospel as a primary source of influence in the young America. Then follow Witherspoon's Man in His Natural State, An Inducement to Come to Christ, Salvation of Sinners only by the Blood of Jesus, Influences of God as a Sun and the Great Consolation of His People, and The Evil and Danger of Security and Sin. Witherspoon's message, as a Founding Father, signatory to the Declaration of Independence, and delegate to the Continental Congress, is clear. American will prosper by being a nation of peop