Background
Burder was born in London on the 5 June 1752.
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The first twelve of these Village Sermons were originally issued in 1796 in one volume, which were so well received that the author soon published a second, and then a third, each comprising twelve sermons, and in 1800 he added a fourth volume of sixteen sermons, making the fifty-two in the present volume, or a sermon for every week in the year. These sermons, to which in 1820 about fifty more had been added, have been published in numerous and various editions both in this and the mother country, and have been among the most acceptable and useful discourses ever given to the public. They were written in the dark period of the prevalence of French infidelity, and their plain, heartsearching, evangelical truths were among the means blessed of God in the revival of his work at the beginning of this century, and have continued to be blessed in the salvation of multitudes of souls. Some pains has been taken to select the best edition, and by comparing various readings, detecting errors of the press, and a slight revision, to give the discourses the best form for permanency. BRIEF SKETCH OF THE AUTHORS LIFE. Geoege Bueder was born in London, of pious parents, June 5,1Y52. After his mothers death, when he was nine years old, he was for a time drawn aside by sinful companions; but he continued to attend public worship, and at twenty-three united with the church at the Tabernacle, founded by Whitefield, which was then blessed with the ministry of the eminent Rev. William Romaine. He soon entered on the study of theology ;preached in the villages in the vicinity of some of his fathers estates and in various pulpits in London ;and October 29,1776, at the age of twenty-six, was ordained pastor at Lancaster, where he labored with great fidelity, extending his services to destitute villages around him, often in the midst of opposition and persecution, till at the end of (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)
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Burder was born in London on the 5 June 1752.
In his early twenties he was an engraver, but in 1776 he began preaching, and was minister of the Independent church at Lancaster from 1778 to 1783. Subsequently he held charges at Coventry (1784–1803) and at Fetter Lane, London (1803–1832). He was one of the founders of the British and Foreign Bible Society, the Religious Tract Society, and the London Missionary Society, and was secretary to the last-named for several years.
As editor of the Evangelical Magazine and author of Village Sermons, he commanded a wide influence.
He died on the 29 May 1832 and the next year A Life (by Henry Forster Burder) was published. George Burder was born in London on May 25, 1752 according to his memoirs on this webpage:.
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