A Discourse Delivered on Sabbath Evening, March 17, 1833, in St. Peter’s Church, in Aid of the Albany Apprentices’ Library, at the Request of the Trustees

Sermon urging support for the Albany Apprentices’ Library, stressing that combining knowledge and virtue in young apprentices shields them from temptation and benefits society.

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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