Sammelband of Nineteen [19] 19th Century Sermons and a Memoir of Mrs. John V.L. Pruyn, the Volume Overall Representative of Dutch Protestantism in the Albany, New York Region: A Sermon Preached at the Dedication of the Third Reformed Protestant Dutch Chu…

29, [3]; [65]-80; 46; 20; 32; 20; 44; 53, [1]; 76; 14; 63, [1]; 129, [1]; 38; 47, [1]; 30, [2]; 23, [1]; 33, [1]; 29, [1]; 24; 29 pp. Leather spine and corners, marbled boards. A collection of sermons and addresses printed 1821-1860, bound together in one volume. While overall these are representative of congregational activity among Dutch protestants in Albany, New York, perhaps the most interesting (or at least unusual) account here is of a husband-wife murder-suicide. Includes: A Sermon Preached at the Dedication of the Third Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in the City of Albany, December 17, 1837.; Sermon CLXXV. & CLXXVI.: The Beatific Vision, The Guilt of Unbelief; Two Discourses on the Nature of Sin; Delivered Before the Students of Yale College, July 30th, 1826.; Death a Gain to the Christian. A Sermon, Delivered at Monson, December 31, 1823. at the Interment of Mrs. Lucinda Ely, the Wife of Rev. Alfred Ely.; A Sermon, Occasioned by the Late Death of Mrs. Charlotte Sprague, Wife of the Rev. William B. Sprague, of West-Springfield; the Substance of which was Delivered at Monson, July 15, 1821; A Farewell Discourse, Delivered to the Church and Society of the First Parish in West Springfield, May 3, 1835, on Resigning His Pastoral Charge; Wicked Men Ensnared by Themselves. A Sermon Preached, December 16, 1825, in the Second Parish of West Springfield, at the Interment of Samuel Leonard, and Mrs. Harriet Leonard, His Wife; the Former of whom Murdered the Latter, and Then Committed Suicide, with an Appendix Containing an Account of the Horrid Transaction.; A Discourse Delivered Sabbath Evening, January 4, 1852, on the State of the Civilised World, as Related to the Kingdom of Christ: and Repeated, by Request, in the Second Presbyterian Church, Rev. Dr. Sprague's, on Sabbath Evening, January 11th.; Our Triennial Catalogue. A Discourse, Addressed to the Alumni of Yale College, at Their Annual Meeting, July 25, 1860.; An Address Delivered at the Funeral of Daniel Campbell, October 8, 1851; A Discourse Reviewing a Ministry of Fifty Years. with an Appendix of Anecdotes and Reminiscences; Inauguration of the Dudley Observatory, at Albany, August 28, 1856: Eulogy on the Hon. Charles E. Dudley., Remarks by Professor Bache., Letter from Mrs. Dudley, Uses of Astronomy. A Discourse.; A Sermon Preached at East Granville, Mass., on Friday, December 16, 1859, at the Funeral of the Rev. Timothy Mather Cooley, D.D.; A Sermon Delivered in the Second Presbyterian Church, Albany, Sunday Morning, November 6, 1859, on Occasion of the Death of Mrs. Eliza McIntyre, Wife of the Late Hon. Archibald McIntyre.; A Sermon Addressed to the Second Presbyterian Congregation, Albany, Sabbath Morning, March 14, 1858, on Occasion of the Death of Mrs. Alexander Marvin.; A Sermon Delivered in the Second Presbyterian Church, Albany, April 10, 1859, on Occasion of the Death of Ebenezer Pemberton.; A Sermon Preached on Sabbath Afternoon, August 21, 1853, in Connection with the Funeral Solemnities of John Boardman, Ruling Elder in the Second Presbyterian Church, Albany.; A Sermon Preached in the Second Presbyterian Church, Albany, July 13, 1856, the Sabbath Morning Immediately Succeeding the Interment of John I. Boyd, and Archibald Campbell.; A Sermon Preached in the Second Presbyterian Church, Albany, April 27, 1856. On Occasion of the Death of Frederick J. Barnard, Jr.; Memoir of Mrs. John V.L. Pruyn.