A Discourse Commemorative of Hon. Samuel Williston, Delivered in the Payson Church at Easthampton, September 13, 1874, and also in The College Church at Amherst, September 20

Tyler, W. S.

Published by Clark W. Bryan and Company, Printers. 1874. Springfield, Massachusetts., 1874

About this Item

Illustrated wrappers. Illustration. The author was the Williston Professor of Greek in Amherst College. The author comments on the importance throughout history of the establishment of institutions of higher learning. "In our own age and country, th ere is no surer passport to immortal remembrance than to be identified with the origin and progress of those institutions of learning." ".few will receive higher honor than the founders of Christian colleges and seminaries of learning. And among t he founders of such institutions, few in this or in other lands, in ancient or in modern times, deserve a higher place in public estimation, than Samuel Williston". This book also features a brief biography of Mr. Williston.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Discourse Commemorative of Hon. Samuel Williston, Delivered in the Payson Church at Easthampton, September 13, 1874, and also in The College Church at Amherst, September 20
• Publisher: Clark W. Bryan and Company, Printers. 1874. Springfield, Massachusetts.
• Publication Date: 1874
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Collectible-Very Good
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