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The Purpose of God in Afflicting Ministers: A Sermon, Preached at South Hadley, April 30, 1826, the Sabbath Immediately Succeeding the Death of Mrs. Abigail E. Boies, Wife of the Reverend Artemas Boies

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Funeral sermon arguing ministers’ trials benefit their people by deepening spirituality, increasing pastoral zeal, demonstrating gospel comfort, and enabling sympathetic consolation.
Archive ⬩ Affliction, Pastoral Theology
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A prolific preacher and author, Sprague is also known as the “Patriarch of American Collectors,” for his collection of autographs, including those of every signer of the Declaration of Independence, pamphlets and other materials. He authored the Annals of the American Pulpit, an important collection of biographical sketches.

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