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A funeral discourse delivered in the Third Presbyterian Church in the city of Philadelphia on the 17th day of November, on occasion of the death of the Rev. Dr. John B. Smith, late pastor of said church, who departed this life, on the 22d of August, 1799
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- by Samuel Blair ; published at the desire of the congregation
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- Sabin Americana, 1500-1926
- On the death of the Rev. Dr. John B. Smith
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- English
- Publication
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- Philadelphia : Printed by W.W. Woodward, 1799
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- 38 p. ; 24 cm
- "On account of the perturbed state of the city, and the emigration of a great number of the inhabitants, in consequence of the expected prevalency of the Yellow-Fever, at the time of Dr. Smith's death, some very desirable, and otherwise, indispensible attentions, appertaining to his funeral obsequies, were necessarily omitted. Amongst these, the solemnity of public religious service, and particularly of an address adapted to the affecting event, was [sic] deferred ... ."--Pref.
- "On the death of the Rev. Dr. John B. Smith"--p. 38, in verse.
- Sabin no. 5757.
Subjects
- Smith, John Blair, 1756-1799 -- Death and burial -- Sermons.
- Third Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Clergy -- Biography.
- Bible. Matthew XXV, 14-30 -- Sermons -- Early works to 1800.
- Funeral sermons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Early works to 1800.
- Eulogies -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Early works to 1800.
- Death -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800.
- Presbyterians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Sermons -- Early works to 1800.
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Biography -- Early works to 1800.