Sammelband of Benjamin Wood Sermons: The Obligation of Ministers to Dispense Faithfully the Word of God. A Discourse Delivered at at Upton, June 1796, on the Lord's Day Immediately Succeeding His Ordination [with] a Sermon, Delivered at Upton, April 24, 1811, at the Interment of Mrs. Rachel Ruggles [with] Eight Other Sermons

Boston, Worcester, et al.: Isaiah Thomas, S.H. Colton et al., 1850. Very Good. Boston & Worcester: Isaiah Thomas, S.H. Colton et al., 1797-1850. First Editions. Sammelband of 10 sermons delivered by Benjamin Wood during his 53-year tenure as pastor at Upton in Massachusetts. Octavo. Quarter-bound leather over marbled boards. Wear and chipping to edges. Contemporary ownership inscription of James and Francis Nelson to preliminaries; interior else unmarked and legible throughout. The final entry includes three sermons with continuous pagination: concerning the congregation leaving the old meeting-house, entering the new, and concludes with a funeral (truncated) sermon for Wood, who died in 1849. A Very Good collection documenting the preacher's lengthy career; all scarce in retail.

Contents as follows:

1. The Obligation of Ministers to Dispense Faithfully the Word of God. A Discourse Delivered at at Upton, June 1796, on the Lord's Day Immediately Succeeding his Ordination. Worcester, MA: At the Press of Isaiah Thomas, by Leonard Worcester, for said Thomas, 1797.

2. A Sermon, Delivered at Upton, April 24, 1811, at the Interment of Mrs. Rachel Ruggles who died, April 22, 1811, in the 26th year of her age. Worcester: From the Press of Isaiah Thomas, Jun. Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1811

3. A Discourse, Delivered February 26, 1828, at the Funeral of Mr. Pearley Hunt, aged 25 years, son of Mr. Joseph Hunt. Worcester: Printed by S.H. Colton and Co., 1828.

4. A Sermon Delivered at Upton, November 27, 1822, at the funeral of Mr. Austin Sanders, who died November 24, aged 27 years. Worcester: Printed by William Manning, [1822]

5. A Sermon on Baptism, Delivered at Upton, August 10, 1823. Worcester: Printed by William Manning, [1823]

6. A Centennial Address, Delivered at Upton, Mass., June 25, 1835. Boston: Published by William Peirce, 1835.

7. A Discourse Occasioned by the Death of Deacon Daniel Fisk: who died April 23, 1840, aged LXIX. Boston: Dutton and Wentworth's Print, 1840.

8. A Sermon Occasioned by the Death of Mrs. Maria Legg, Wife of Capt. William Legg, who died February 9, 1843, aged XLII. Worcester: Printed at the Massachusetts Spy Office, 1844.

9. A Sermon Delivered at Upton, by Rev. Benjamin Wood, June 1, 1846, being the day which completed fifty years from the time of his induction into the pastoral office over the Church and people in that place. Worcester: Printed by Henry J. Howland, [1846]

10. A Sermon, Preached on the Occasion of Leaving the Old Meeting-House, in Upton, December 31, 1848. Boston: Wright's Steam Press, 1850.

[which includes, with continuing pagination:]

10b. A Sermon, Preached at the Dedication of the New Congregational Meeting-house, in Upton, January 3, 1849

[and]

10c. A Sermon, Preached at the Funeral of Rev. Benjamin Wood, of Upton, who died April 24th, Aged 76, in the fifty-third year of his ministry. By H.A. Tracy. (Inventory #: 28657)