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ing line in his hand." In Keene, at the Installment of the Rev. Ezra 

 Carpenter, 1753. 



The Levite not to be forsaken. Deut. xii. 19. "Take heed to thyself, 

 that thou forsake not the Levite, as long as thou livest upon the earth." 

 In Yarmouth, at the Installment of the Rev. Grindall Rawson, 1755. 



Natural Religion as distinguished from Revealed. Rom. ii. 14, 15. " For 

 when the gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things con- 

 tained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves," 

 etc. At the Dudleiau Lecture, 1759. 



A beloved Disciple of Jesus Christ characterized. John xxi. 20. "The 

 Disciple whom Jesus loved." On the decease of the Rev. Dr. Mayhew, 

 of Boston, 1766. 



St. John's Vision of the Woman clothed with the Sun, etc. Rev. xii. 1-5. 

 '' And there appeared a great wonder in heaven, a woman clothed with 

 the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve 

 stars," etc. In Boston, on the decease of the Rev. Dr. Mayhew, 1766. 



A Call from Macedonia. Acts xvi. 9, 10. "And a vision appeared to 

 Paul in the night ; there stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, 

 saying, come over into Macedonia, and help us. And after he had seen 

 the vision, immediately we endeavored to go into Macedonia, assuredly 

 gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the Gospel unto 

 them." In Hinffham, at the Ordination of the Rev. Caleb Gannett 

 over a church in Nova Scotia, 1768. 



The Devotions of God's People adjusted to the Dispensations of his Provi- 

 dence. Jer. xxxi. 7. " For thus saith the Lord, sing with gladness for 

 Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations : publish ye, praise ye, 

 and say, O Lord, save thy people, and the remnant of Israel." Thanks- 

 giving sermon, Hin^ham, 1770. 



The Old Man's Calendar. A discourse delivered in Hingham, Aug. 26, 

 1781, the birth-day of the author. Joshua, xiv. 10. "And now, lo, I 

 am this day fourscore and five years old." Boston. Printed by John 

 Boyle in Marlborough Street, MD.CCLXXXI. 



This discourse has been twice reprinted, first at Salem, Mass., 

 by John D. Cushing and Brothers, in 1822 ; and again in Hingham 

 by Jedidiah Farmer, in May, 1846. In a prefatory note to the 

 edition published at Salem it is said that the Discourse " met with 

 so much favor from the public, that it was reprinted not only in 

 this country, but also in England and Holland, being translated 

 into the Dutch language." 



Copies of the Discourses of Dr. Gay are all scarce and desirable. 

 No one of the number can be considered as being abundant. 

 Though specimens of each have severally been examined in the 

 preparation of the list, a complete series has been found but in 

 two or three instances, and these in public institutions. The 

 number of private individuals in possession of an unbroken col- 

 lection must be very limited. 



Sydney Howard Gay. 



Born in Hingham, May 22, 1814 ; educated at Derby Academy 

 and Harvard College ; lecturing-agent of the American Anti-Slavery 



