This volume contains the sermon delivered at the ordination of the Reverend William Henry Furness as pastor of the First Congregational Unitarian Church in Philadelphia on January 12, 1825. The sermon, delivered by Ezra Stiles Gannett, is accompanied by related addresses and charges from prominent religious figures of the time, including Henry Ware and Aaron Bancroft.

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