 Abiel Abbot Livermore
(1811-1892) The Four Gospels: With a Commentary (1843)
(On
Matthew 24:34)
"34. This generation shall not pass, etc. i.e., those then living would witness the fulfillment of Jesus' predictions; which was the case, for the destruction of Jerusalem took place about forty years after, and many then living were involved in the great catastrophe. John long survived the event, and Lightfoot speaks of some Rabbins who also outlived it. It is apparent from this verse, that Jesus has been previously speaking of the downfall of the Jews, not of future judgment. At the time Jesus uttered these words there was peace with the Romans, and no prospect of the Jews venturing to contend with them; or, if they did, of the temple, city, and nation being wholly destroyed. Yet forty years accomplished it all. What boundless confidence ought we ever to repose in the promises and warnings of Jesus, since he has so clearly established his claim of an unerring prophet!" (p. 288)
WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID
"Born: October 30, 1811, Wilton, New Hampshire. Livermore graduated from Harvard in Arts in 1833, and in Divinity in 1836. After ordination as a Unitarian minister, he pastored in Keene, New Hampshire (1836); Cincinnati, Ohio (1850); and Yonkers, New York (1857) (where he also edited the
Christian Inquirer). In 1863, he moved to Meadville, Pennsylvania to become president of the Theological School there. Livermore was also chief editor of the Cheshire Pastoral Association’s
Christian Hymns in 1844. His other works include:
- A Commentary on the New Testament (six volumes, 1842-1881)
- Lectures to Young Men, 1846
- The Marriage Offering, 1848
- “The War with Mexico Reviewed,” 1850
- Discourses, 1852
- Anti-Tobacco, with Russell Lant Carpenter (Boston, Massachusetts: Roberts Brothers, 1883)
- History of Wilton, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, with Sewell Putnam (Lowell, Massachusetts: Marden & Rowell, Printers, 1888)
- Hymn: Holy Air Is Breathing Round, A (http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/l/i/livermore_aa.htm)
"He was fitted for college at Philips Exeter Academy; grad. Harvard College, 1833, and at the Cambridge Divinity School, 1836. He was ordained over the Cong. Ch. in Keene, Nov. 2, 1836, and was pastor of the society until May, 1850. He was the pastor of the Unitarian Church in Cincinnati, O., from 1850 till 1856; and of Hope Ch. in Yonkers, N. Y., from 1856 till 1863, since which time he has been president of the Meadville, Pennsylvania, Theological School. He was also editor of the Christian Inquirer, New York, from Jan. 1, 1857, till Sept., 1863. (Livermore & Putnam, p. 436)"
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