[Rarebooks] FS: Memorial on the Loss of the Transatlantic Liner, "Arctic, " 1854

[Bob Petrilla]

Smalley, Elam. A SERMON, OCCASIONED BY THE LOSS OF THE ARCTIC: Preached in
the Second Presbyterian Church, Troy, October 15, 1854. Troy, NY: A.W.
Scribner & Co., Printers, 1854. First Edition. 28pp. Signature of S.
Sweitser at top of cover.  9" x 5.5" Very Good. Original Wraps.
"On September 27, 1854, the Arctic, a 3000-ton transatlantic liner of the
Collins Line, sank off Cape Race after a collision with a French ship. At
least 320 lives were lost, including the ship owners’ wife and
children.xxvii The news was especially shocking because the Arctic had been
known as the most luxurious and the fastest steamer in the Atlantic and
regarded as the symbol of national glory. Several preachers regarded this
unusual disaster as a manifestation of “the sovereignty of an overruling
providence” of God, which could crush human art with one stroke....Elam
Smalley delivered a sermon at the Second Presbyterian Church in Troy, New
York. After explaining the necessity to prepare for death, Smalley turned
to the sinking of the Arctic, which he called 'the floating palace.'..."
[From: The Voice of God upon the Waters”: Sermons on Steamboat Disasters in
Antebellum America, by Ken Kurihara.]   $60.00


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