☞ Personal affliction and frequent reflection upon human life, of great use to lead man to the remembrance of God : a sermon, preach’d on Sunday Sept. 1, 1754, in Christ-Church, Philadelphia; occasioned by the death of a beloved pupil, who departed this life, August 28, 1754, in the 16th year of his age.
Creator(s): Jackson, Paul, 1730 or 31-1767 (Contributor)
Related APS Member(s):
William Smith (1727-1803), Provost, Francis Hopkinson, Samuel Magaw, Jacob Duché Jr., Thomas Barton
Publication: Philadelphia: Printed and sold by B. Franklin, and D. Hall, at the new-printing-office, 1754.
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References:
Sabin 84641 | Evans 7318
Editions: 1x 1754 (Philadelphia), 1x 1759 (London), 2x 1762 (London), 1x 1803 (Philadelphia)
Editions Note:
Five versions: one edition in 1754 (Philadelphia) plus reprints in Smith's Discourses (London: 1759, 1762, 1762) and in the first volume of his Works (Philadelphia: 1803).
As LCP notes, the imprint contains "Verses to the Rev. Mr. Smith on hearing his sermon, upon the death of his hopeful pupil, our dear fellow-student Mr. William Thomas Martin."--p. v-viii. The verses are by Francis Hopkinson, Samuel Magaw, Jacob Duché, Thomas Barton, and Paul Jackson; it also includes "A hymn, comprising the chief heads of the foregoing sermon, composed to have been sung after it was delivered."--p. [17].
BibNumber: 65.033