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The Validity of Presbyterian Ordination, and the Importance of Candor and Union among Christians of different Persuasions, who agree in the Essentials of Christianity; Illustrated in a Discourse, Delivered at the Dudleian Lecture of Harvard College, September 5, 1798. Boston. Manning \u0026amp; Loring. 1798. 24pp.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood +. Textually crisp and clean save some minor scattered foxing. At some point, part of a larger sammelband with associated flotsam to spine. Half title wanting.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Specs Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41007732850724,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0093\/3910\/9435\/files\/Feb14_2024-18.jpg?v=1708107095"},{"product_id":"1798-eliphalet-porter-america-in-prophecy-and-politics-belongs-in-the-pulpit-rare","title":"1798 ELIPHALET PORTER. America in Prophecy and Politics belongs in the Pulpit. 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No other book designer \/ typographer in the history of printing can claim to have designed two complete folio Bibles, each one regarded as typographically pristine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"book-title\"\u003eWe offer here at a very reasonable price on behalf of one of our charitable partners; these are usually offered by dealers at $2,250 to $2,500.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"book-title\"\u003eBruce Rogers [1870-1957], was the influential American typographer who invented the \"Centaur\" typeface, based on the Renaissance-period printing of Nicolas Jenson. He has been considered by many to be one of the greatest book designers of the twentieth century. He designed books for the Riverside Press of Cambridge where he cut his first typeface, \"Montaigne,\" named for the first book it appeared in, \"The Essays of Montaigne,\" 1903. He designed \"Centaur\" while working as house designer for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 1916 he worked for the Cambridge University Press, and a few years later returned to the U.S. where he met William Edwin Rudge and was employed by him at his Mount Vernon Press. During this time he also designed books for Harvard University Press and served as typographic advisor to Lanston Monotype. In 1928 Rogers returned to England where he produced what many have called \"the most important and notable typographic achievement of the twentieth century,\" being his Oxford Lectern Bible. The present work was done during his later years, but is no less formidable in both size and scope, and essential to any collection of his work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"book-title\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e[Bible] Rogers, Bruce. The Holy Bible; Containing the Old and New Testaments translated out of the Original Tongues and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. Cleveland and New York. 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When his tribe was driven to the \"Indian Territory\" [now Oklahoma], his family chose to be displaced with them rather than live on land stolen from the people they loved. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe present work was printed in Vinita and was one of the earliest works ever printed in the new \"Indian Territory. \u003cem\u003eThe Indian Record \u003c\/em\u003efor 1886 notes that a printing press was being gifted, along with a specially made set of Cherokee type, to the new \"Indian Presbytery\" at Vinita. The press was to be operated under the auspices of A. N. Chamberlin for the benefit of the Indian Christians. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdwards, John. A. N. Chamberlin [Trans.] Baptism - - The Mode. Chieftain Print, Vinita, Indian Territory. c.1890\/91. 8pp.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNear very good, but on fragile, toned paper with minor chips to base and head of spine and small tears at foredge. 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Unfortunately for him, history has recorded that his death was due to an infection caused by \"a huge, rancorous carbuncle boil.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExcellent content including by W. Buell Sprague, excellent experimental discourses, and all prefixed by a fine albumen photograph laid to the frontis. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMair, Hugh. Memorials of the Late Hough Mair, D.D. (Sermons, Addresses, \u0026amp;c.). Toronto. 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It clearly is not that though; the author intended it to be read as a bona fide revelation of God to the modern era, detailing specifically the mutually parasitic dangers of ignorance and superstition. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe author goes so far as to say that these were the effects of the curse and it was to this superstition that the serpent in the Garden of Eden was attempting to work into human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo other copies on the market at any price. A rather unusual mix of theological, esoteric, Christian, political, philosophical, and world religious thought . . . with perhaps a dash of spiritualism or the occult. It's a strange one. A gem for the collector of the bizarre and macabre. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Upas: A Vision of the Past, Present, and Future. London. 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A beautiful item. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eAnything autographed or in manuscript by Evelyn Underhill is incredibly rare and this is an especially fine example. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eIn full:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eI come in the little things,\u003cbr\u003eSaith the Lord;\u003cbr\u003eNot borne on morning wings\u003cbr\u003eOf majesty; but I have set my feet\u003cbr\u003eAmidst the delicate and bladed wheat\u003cbr\u003eThat springs triumphant in the furrowed sod—\u003cbr\u003eThere do I dwell, in weakness and in power;\u003cbr\u003eNot broken or divided, said our God!\u003cbr\u003eIn your straight garden plot I come to flower;\u003cbr\u003eAbout your porch my vine,\u003cbr\u003eMeek, fruitful, doth entwine,\u003cbr\u003eWaits, at the threshold, Love's appointed hour.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eEvelyn Underhill\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eIn very good condition on a fine gray paper, boldly inked and signed, complete on one side of a quarter sheet. It would be difficult to imagine a more appropriate framing example.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Specs Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41508437164068,"sku":"","price":2250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0093\/3910\/9435\/files\/06-06-2024SpecsFineBooks-07311.jpg?v=1717781267"},{"product_id":"1784-the-spiritual-magazine-entire-year-of-the-main-calvinistic-great-awakening-periodical","title":"1784 THE SPIRITUAL MAGAZINE. Entire Year of the Main Calvinistic Great Awakening Periodical.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003e1784 GREAT AWAKENING. Second Year of the Most Significant Calvinistic Periodical of the Second Great Awakening.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eVery scarce on the market, an important bound year of a periodical aligned with Augustus Toplady, John Ryland, George Whitefield, Selina Countess of Huntingdon, Rowland Hill, John Newton, Thomas Haweis, etc., Includes original hymns and poems, biographies of eminent puritans and non-conformists, etc., John Wesley began publishing His Arminian Magazine specifically in response to the present periodical. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eOf special note are articles on Negro Town in New York and the interaction between black and white people in New York City and one recounting a miraculous healing from the late 17\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century. Also many article related to experimental Calvinistic theology, etc., \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eThe New Spiritual Magazine; Or, Evangelical Treasury of Experimental Religion: Designed to Promote Genuine Gospel Principles, and Calculated, through Divine Grace, to Alarm the Careless, and to Enlighten, Confirm, Establish, Build Up, and Comfort, All True Believers, in their Road to the Heavenly, Jerusalem. The Whole Consisting of a Series of Divine and Spiritually Interesting Truths, Respecting the True Knowledge, Faith, and Experience of the Children of God. On Moderate Calvinistic Principles, the only Doctrines which are Agreeable to the Holy Scriptures and the Reformation. Being the Valuable Labours of a Society of Real Gospel Ministers, and Others. London. Mr. Hogg. 1784. 368pp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eContents include: The Life of that Faithful and Pious Servant Mr. Philip Henry; How a Christian Can Keep His Heart Freed from Pride and Carnal Security; Trades and Arts Spiritualized – On the Weaver’s Finishing His Piece; On Justification; The True Cause and Evil Consequences of the Want of Pious Zeal and Earnest Activity among Real Christians; The Beauties of Augustus Toplady; A Strong Cordial for the Fainting Soul; Natural Objects Spiritualized; A Descriptive Illustration of the Eighth Psalm from Augustus Toplady; An Account of “Negro Town” New York; Explanation of the Ten Names of the Word of God in the 119\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e Psalm by John Ryland; The Rise and Progress of Arminianism [series]; Account of the Miraculous Cure God in His Infinite Mercy was Pleased to Work upon Mary Maillard – Nov. 27, 1693; Account of the Life of Dr. Isaac Watts; The Dreadful Evil of Unsanctified Riches; Justification by Faith Alone not Unfriendly to Morality; Augustus Toplady on Whether Good Works will Add to Our Future Glory; Curious Expositions of Scripture Concerning Devils [Socinians]; On the Doctrines of Grace; etc. etc. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eWoodcuts include: Rowland Hill; A View of the Rev. Woodgate’s Meeting in Jewin Street; Rev. Mr. Webb’s Meeting at Hare Court; View of Locke Chapel; \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRev C de Coetlogon – Chaplain to Lock Hospital; Rev Thomas Towle – Pastor at Aldermanbury; Rev William Aldridge at Jewry Street; Mount Street Church in Lancaster; Isaac Watts; William Romaine; Selina Countess of Huntingdon; James Illingworth; Rev. Mr. Shirley; Rev Mr. Trotman’s Meeting in White’s Row; Rev. Mr. Herbert Jones; Rev William Bennet; Henry Foster; Rev. George Burder; Rev. 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Text generally crisp and clean.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Specs Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41509474664484,"sku":"","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0093\/3910\/9435\/files\/06-06-2024SpecsFineBooks-07000.jpg?v=1717778564"},{"product_id":"1846-scottish-presbyterian-rare-satirical-novel-on-the-great-disruption-chalmers-mcheyne-c","title":"1846 SCOTTISH PRESBYTERIAN. Rare Satirical Novel on the Great Disruption - Chalmers, M'Cheyne, \u0026c.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003e1846 Novel on the “Great Disruption” of the Scottish Free Church. Rare.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eA fascinating quasi-historical novel regarding the then-recent events of the Great Disruption, leading to the formation of the Scottish Free Church, home of Thomas Chalmers, Robert Murray M’Cheyne, the Brothers Bonar, etc., It is largely fictionalized with slightly satirical figures like Rev. Simon M’Quirkle, etc., It was meant to be a light-hearted take on the controversy that had recently been raging in Scotland. It was again issued in 1877 in a more refined version by its author. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eNo copies on the market or in the auction history. A fascinating little item, and signed twice by a likely original owner, George Darsie. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eCross, William [of Paisley. The Disruption. A Scottish Tale of Recent Times. Edinburgh. John Menzies. 1846. First Edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eGood to very good in original rather attractive half leather, raised bands, etc., Very slightly cocked and some general handling. Textually very good.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Specs Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41517389840420,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0093\/3910\/9435\/files\/06-06-2024SpecsFineBooks-07036.jpg?v=1717785942"},{"product_id":"1807-jedidiah-morse-a-sermon-preached-to-the-managers-of-the-boston-female-asylum","title":"1807 JEDIDIAH MORSE. On the Care of Orphans \u0026 Education of the Poor - Boston Female Asylum.","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA rather rare and interesting sermon by Jedidiah Morse before the Boston Female Asylum. The Asylum, founded in 1800, took in orphaned young girls and educated and trained them as domestics, seemingly not as \"adopted children.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eMorse, one of the leading educational voices of the time, argues that investing quality education the poor was the ethical and moral choice and the best for the entire country. An interesting work centralizing universal access to quality education as, in addition to moral development [not separate for Morse], perhaps \u003cem\u003ethe \u003c\/em\u003emost important investment that could be made in the countries future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMorse, Jedidiah. A Sermon, Preached in Brattle-Street Church, Boston, September 25th, 1807, Before the Managers of the Boston Female Asylum, on their Seventh Anniversary. Boston. Russell \u0026amp; Cutler Printers. 1807. 23pp.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA good copy, bound in wraps, nearly disbound, generally bright pages with some light foxing. Old numbering in the corners as shown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Specs Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41534510039076,"sku":"","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0093\/3910\/9435\/files\/06-11-2024SpecsFineBooks-07379.jpg?v=1718137376"},{"product_id":"1860-nahum-gale-a-memoir-of-rev-bennet-tyler-d-d","title":"1860 BENNET TYLER. Important Second Great Awakening Memoir. 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Bennet Tyler, D. D. Late President and Professor of Christian Theology in the Theological Institute of Connecticut. Boston. J. E. Tilton and Company. 1860. 149pp.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA very good copy, bound in cloth, very solid, with moderate foxing. This copy inscribed by Tyler son's on the ffep. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Specs Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41625365086244,"sku":"","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0093\/3910\/9435\/files\/06-20-2024SpecsFineBooks-07495.jpg?v=1718915741"},{"product_id":"1906-frances-ridley-havergal-poetical-works-by-frances-ridley-havergal","title":"1906 FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL. Charming Victorian Boxed Set of Her Poetical Works","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eLovely little Victorian presentation of three beautifully preserved works by the hymnist Spurgeon called England's David, a Sweet Singer in Israel. The box on these rarely survived, and this one much better than ordinarily found.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHavergal, Frances Ridley. The Ministry of Song. London. James Nisbet \u0026amp; Co. Limited. 1906. 207pp.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eHavergal, Frances Ridley. Under the Surface. London. James Nisbet \u0026amp; Co. Limited. 1906. 288pp.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eHavergal, Frances Ridley. Under His Shadow. London. James Nisbet \u0026amp; Co. 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Scarce in the trade with none we can trace at the time of cataloging and none in the auction records.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eFascinating insight into one of the most influential characters in the emerging Pentecostal movement, divine healing, etc., \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eThe present copy belonged to Anton Darms and is signed by him on the ffep. Darms was one of Dowie's \"Apostles\" in Zion, a frequent contributor to Leaves of Healing, an Overseer in the Catholic Apostolic Church of Zion, advocate of Divine Healing, and author of 50 Questions Regarding the Shape of the Earth. The work was meant to demonstrate the Scripture taught the earth was flat, a position advocated by his friend and fellow Zionite, Wilbur Glenn Voliva [perhaps the best known flat-earther of the era]. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSheldrake, Edna [Ed.]. The Personal Letters of John Alexander Dowie. Zion City Illinois. Wilbur Glenn Voliva. 1912. 350pp.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA good + copy, bound in cloth with minor rodentia at the top edge. Generally solid, with generally bright pages, and moderate ink marks in a modern hand. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Specs Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41703567556644,"sku":"","price":750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0093\/3910\/9435\/files\/07-02-2024SpecsFineBooks-08000.jpg?v=1720188109"},{"product_id":"1856-anonymous-the-doctrines-and-discipline-of-the-methodist-episcopal-church","title":"1856 SLAVERY \u0026 METHODISM. 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A lovely volume. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eThis particular copy, from the subscribers' first edition, was that of Lloyd Kenyon [1732-1802]. Whether the marginal notes, which are interesting and rather extensive, are his or not is unclear. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eThe marginal notes add significantly, including a mss admonition to women to cease meddling in Church government, many devotional and practical reflections on clergy of the 18th century, etc., etc., \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eChrysostom, St. John. St. John Chrysostom, Arch-Bishop of Constantinople, his Six Books, Concerning the Priesthood. Translated from the Greek by Herny Hollier, Late Vicar of Afton in Warwickshire. London. Printed for the Translator; and Sold by G. Strahan. 1728. 208pp.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA very good copy, bound in leather, and very solid. Pages are generally bright, with light foxing, and moderate ink marks in a period hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Specs Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41716164722724,"sku":"","price":450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0093\/3910\/9435\/files\/07-10-2024SpecsFineBooks-08232.jpg?v=1720637927"},{"product_id":"1966-j-r-r-tolkien-the-lord-of-the-rings-trilogy","title":"1974 J. R. R. TOLKIEN. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Exceptional Eye of Sauron Dustjackets.","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA very attractive early imprint of Tolkien's trilogy in remarkably preserved \"Eye of Sauron\" dustjackets. Each of the set the same imprint, with corresponding dustjackets, matching cloth, and very finely preserved. A first edition set just knocked down $75,000.00 at auction and these early editions in a good state are increasingly difficult to locate. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTolkien, J. R. R. The Fellowship of the Ring. Being the First Part of the Lord of the Rings. London. George Allen \u0026amp; Unwin Ltd. 1966. Second Edition. Eighth Impression. 423pp.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eTolkien, J. R. R. The Two Towers. Being the Second Part of the Lord of the Rings. London. George Allen \u0026amp; Unwin Ltd. 1966. Second Edition. Eighth Impression. 352pp.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eTolkien, J. R. R. The Return of the King. Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings. London. George Allen \u0026amp; Unwin Ltd. 1966. Second Edition. Eighth Impression. 440pp.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA very good + set with dustjackets having slightest handling at extremities, bound in cloth which remains crisp and bright. Bindings very solid, and the text bright and clean. Dustjackets clipped on front flap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Specs Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41716456554532,"sku":"","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0093\/3910\/9435\/files\/07-10-2024SpecsFineBooks-08245.jpg?v=1720647149"},{"product_id":"1814-john-colby","title":"1814 JOHN COLBY. Exceptional Unpublished Letter by Freewill Baptist Revivalist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA very rare, unpublished letter by Freewill Baptist evangelist and revivalist, John Colby [1787-1817]. One of the most effective of the traveling evangelists among the early Free Willers, he established at least five independent churches and was very effective in preaching to those not yet converted, as well as in converting others to the Free Will Baptist movement. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe developed consumption and died in 1817 at just 20 years old in the home of a Baptist Deacon in Virginia. He was certainly the \"David Brainerd\" or \"Robert Murray M'Cheyne\" of the movement. Of great personal piety and ministerial promise, he died, as they did, at just 29 years of age. Immediately afterward, his biography was published, \u003cem\u003eThe Life, Experience, and Travels of John Colby, Preacher of the Gospel. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e It is unclear whether the below is a holograph in the hand of Colby or that of the church. There is no evidence the present letter having been recorded and it is unpublished or referenced elsewhere. Badly compromised at the bottom half, though probably recoverable. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne interesting note, when Colby died, the church addressed here, in Burrillville [Rhode Island], was taken over by one of the first female pastors in American history, Clarissa Danforth. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Sutton Late Billymead. June the 1th 1814\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo the Church of Crist in Burrillville,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeloved Brethren and sisters in the Lord. Through the never failing goodness and Blessing of that God on whose name we daily Call I am alive while others are dead. And Injoy some degree of health while others lay on beds of languishing around me for which I desire to give Glory to Him that Setteth in the Heavens and judgeth among the Godly, whose grace heitherto Has ben sufficient for us All, and will be so long as we abound in the work of the Lord. And as I am now favoured with a momentary privilege to act in I joyfully improve it in writing to my presious Brethren who has ben Nigh to me by the bonds of Christian union. But before I further procede I hasen to mention with gratitude and solemnity the reseit of a Letter from Brother Rhodes Baring date April the 23, which I reseived the 15 of May after returning from meting on the Sabbath I took . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e. . . A large number of souls, and united you together In a church, I pray that you may be as a City on a hill that cannot be hid. Let your light shine before men that while they behold your good works they may be constrained to glorify Our Father which is in Heaven. I pray that your Lives and Conversation may be loud speaking to the wicked from day to day, that they may never have accation to Speek Reproachfully of the Couse of Christ, on the account of the Misconduct of his profes'd followers. I often think I I can only return and find you all as much Ingaged in religion is I left you how easy it will be for me to preach to the unconverted. And I should have strong faith to believe that I shall yt see the Glory of God manifested in the Salvation of souls. May the Lord grant that a union and harmony ever be preserved among you and subsist in the Church and to this end it is of importance that you often meet together and speak often to each other to Cheer the faint of mind and often be your voyses in pure devotion join. The Lord grant that you may live to his glory here and then you will live eternally in the Heavens. Which may God grant may be our happy Lot and Portion for Jesus' Sake. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Coppy from John Colbe letter.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Specs Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41747210502180,"sku":"","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0093\/3910\/9435\/files\/07-23-2024SpecsFineBooks.jpg?v=1721769225"},{"product_id":"1847-1858-sermons-lectures","title":"1847-1857 PRESBYTERIAN \u0026 SLAVERY. Fine Sammeland of Presbyterian \u0026 Slavery Sermons.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFine sammelband of nearly 20 individually published inaugurals, sermons, theological tracts, and occasional sermons and addresses on slavery, Presbyterian history and doctrinal issues, etc. Many scarce.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey include: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHamilton, T. [of Mobile Alabama]. Usefulness: An Oration Delivered before the Euphemian and Philomathian Societies of Erskine College, So. Ca., at the Annual Commencement, Held September 15, 1847. Charleston. Burges, James and Paxton. 1847. 36pp\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[Slavery, Impending War] Hays, I. N. Our Nation's Hope in Our Present Crisis: The Substance of a Thanksgiving Sermon Delivered in the Presbyterian Church of Middle Spring, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, on Thursday Morning, November 20, 1856. Harrisburg: A. Boyd Hamilton. 1857. 13pp.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDe Witt, William R. A Discourse Preached before the Church and Congregation of Middle Spring, Cumberland County, PA., on the Death of the Rev. John Moody, D.D. Their Late Pastor. December 26, 1857. Harrisburg. A. Boyd Hamilton. 1858. 32pp.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrownson, James I. A Sermon on the Christian Sabbath. Its Divine Obligation and the Mode of its Observance, Delivered in the Presbyterian Church, Washington, PEnn'a., on Sabbath, August 1, 1858. Examiner Print. Washington, PA. 1858. 16pp.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHoward, W. D. The Master's Interest in Domestic Missions. A Sermon Preached by the Appointment of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, at their Annual Meeting in Lexington, Kentucky. Philadelphia. Board of Domestic Missions. 1857. 31pp.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eM'Gill, Alexander T. Discourses at the Inauguration of the Rev. Alexander T. M'Gill, D.D. as Professor of Pastoral Theology, Church Government, and the Composition and Delivery of Sermons, in the Theological Seminary at Princeton, N.J., Delivered at Princeton, September 12, 1854, before the Directors of the Seminary. I. The Ministry We Need by Nicholas Murray. II. Practical Theology by Alexander T. M'Gill. Philadelphia. C. Sherman. 1854. 64pp.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eM'Farren, Samuel. Discourses at the Inauguration of the Rev. Samuel J. Wilson, A.M. as Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Composition and Delivery of Sermons in the Western Theological Seminary at Allegheny City. Delivered at Pittsburgh, April 27, 1858, before the Directors of the Seminary. I. The Charge by Samuel M'Farren. II. The Inaugural Discourse by Samuel J. Wilson. Pittsburgh. John S. Davison. 1858. 40pp.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlumer, W. S. Addresses Delivered at the Inauguration of Rev. Wm. S. Plumer, D.D. as Professor of Didactic and Pastoral Theology in the Western Theological Seminary: Comprising the Charge to the Professor, by Rev. E. P. Swift D.D. and The Inaugural Address by Rev. W. S. Plumer D.D. Pittsburgh. W. S. Haven. 1854. 32pp\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBaird, Samuel J. The Socinian Apostasy of the English Presbyterian Churches. A Discourse Delivered on Behalf of the Presbyterian Historical Society, before the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the First Presbyterian Church, New York, May 16th, 1856. Philadelphia. Presbyterian Historical Society. 1857. 34pp.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavidson, Robert. Presbyterianism: Its True Place and Value in History. A Discourse Delivered before the Presbyterian Historical Society, at the Annual Meeting, May 19th, 1853. Philadelphia. Presbyterian Historical Society. 1854. 28pp.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJacobus, Melancthon W. A Sermon Preached in the Third Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, PA. On Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 1857. Pittsburgh. W. S. Haven. 1857. 22pp\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJacobus, Melancthon W. The Apostolic Rule of Preaching and Ministering. A Sermon Preached before the Synod of Pittsburgh, October 21st, 1856. In the First Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. J. S. Davison. 1856. 26pp.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRamsey, James. A Memorial of James Ramsey, D.D., Being a Sketch of His Life with Several Outlines of His Sermons [and an Engraving]. Philadelphia. William S. Young. 1855. 94pp\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDuffield, George. One Hundred Years Ago: An Historical Discourse, Delivered by Rev. George Duffield, D.D. during the Centenary Celebration of the First Presbyterian Church of Carlisle, PA. July 1st, 1857. Carlisle, PA. Herald Office. 1858. 56pp. [2 Copies]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFine, John. A Letter on the Divinity of Christ, from a Father to His Son. Philadelphia. Joseph M. Wilson. 1857. 16pp\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFine, John. Lecture on the Resurrection of the Body; Compiled from the Writings of Paul, Dick, Hall, and Others. Albany. Joel Munsell. 1857. 28pp\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMcPhail, Wilson. Addresses at the Inauguration of the Rev. G. Wilson McPhail, D.D. as President of Lafayette College and Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy. Philadelphia. William S. \u0026amp; Alfred Martien. 1858. 32pp\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlus a couple of contemporary miscellaneous issues of The Presbyterian Magazine. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Specs Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41747422838820,"sku":"","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0093\/3910\/9435\/files\/07-23-2024SpecsFineBooks-08570.jpg?v=1721769956"},{"product_id":"date-roderick-macdonald-the-story-of-a-slave-girl-in-china","title":"1887 CHINESE SLAVERY. The Story of a Slave Girl in China. Rare Missionary Work.","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA very scarce work on the practice of female domestic slavery in China during the 19th century. A first-hand account by a medical missionary who witnessed it first-hand. Very attractive and illustrated throughout. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eScarce. No copies in the trade or at auction. Four copies traced institutionally with just one in the U.S. [Peabody Essex Museum]. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMacdonald, Roderick. A-FA; or, the Story of a Slave Girl in China. London. Charles H. Kelly. c.1887. 77pp.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA very good copy, bound in cloth, generally\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003esolid, with generally bright pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Specs Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41769042477092,"sku":"","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0093\/3910\/9435\/files\/07-30-2024SpecsFineBooks-08716.jpg?v=1722552540"},{"product_id":"1920s-leland-margaret-camp-1500-pp-archive-of-baptist-missionary-correspondence-friend-c-t-studd","title":"1920's LELAND \u0026 MARGARET CAMP. 1500+pp Archive of Baptist Missionary Correspondence. Friend C. T. Studd!","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eAn absolutely incredible 1500+pp archive of journals and correspondence from pioneer American Baptist missionaries to Africa - contemporaries and brief co-workers with C. T. Studd! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eThe present grouping reflects one of the finest missionary correspondence archives we have seen come to market in many years, and from an important American Baptist missionary.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eThe authors of the letters are Mr. and Mrs. Leland and Margaret Camp, the items almost entirely composed by the latter. The Camps were among the very first missionaries to begin working with the then brand-new Baptist Mid-Missions, founded by the indefatigable William Haas in 1920. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eHaas, a committed Baptist, originally sailed for Africa to work with the inter-denominational African Inland Mission. On his return, he found that many of the Baptist denominations had begun to forsake the “fundamentals,” so he created the Baptist Mid-Missions Agency as a safe haven for conservative Baptist missionaries. It was a true pioneering agency focused exclusively on sending missionaries to the unreached in Africa.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eHaas’ pioneering spirit made him fast associations with C. T. Studd and Alfred Buxton of the Heart of Africa Mission. Studd noted, “Haas was a unique man in many ways, besides his restless zeal . . . He had an active brain, constantly planning schemes for the advance of the Gospel.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eThere are excellent vignettes of the relationship between Studd, Buxton, and Haas below:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/hayeshereandthere.com\/tag\/william-haas\/\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003ehttps:\/\/hayeshereandthere.com\/tag\/william-haas\/\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eAnd an excellent account of the beginning of the mission, with a photograph of Haas with Leland and Margaret as they were about to set sail for Africa c.1923 here:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/hayeshereandthere.com\/tag\/c-t-studd\/\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003ehttps:\/\/hayeshereandthere.com\/tag\/c-t-studd\/\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eLeland and Margaret were among the very first to join Haas after graduating from Northwestern Bible and Missionary Training School [under W. B. Riley]. And from that perspective their correspondence provides almost unparalleled insight into the origins and spirit of the mission, etc., Haas died in 1924, but the mission continued to flourish and remains an effective sending agency today. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eThe 1500+pp untouched archive of correspondence includes extended portions of Margaret’s Diary, formal missionary correspondence from the Camps, itself seemingly not catalogued and available for research, and a very significant quantity of personal manuscript correspondence regarding the mission work, challenges of the mission, their spiritual lives, difficulties of missionary life, manuscript sermons delivered at higher life conferences, etc., Dates range from the earliest days of the 1920’s through to the end of their work in the 1950’s. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eOf perhaps special interest is that Margaret appears to preach quite regularly, apparently to men, women, and children. My understanding of those associated with the Baptist – “Fundamentals” movement, i.e. W. B. Riley, etc., is that they were opposed to females preaching, especially to men. Perhaps they “infantilized” the Africans in a way that put them in the same category as women and children, thus making it more acceptable. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eThe material is presently in two full archival folios containing over 1500 pages. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eExtracts:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003e“The promise that ‘the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much’ came to me and I knelt in prayer, and in answer to my request that God would give me some further definite promise and assurance from His Word, the 4\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e verse of I John stood out above all else – ‘This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.’ I thanked my Lord, closed my Bible and went downstairs to face the duties of the day lying before me. A calm confident trust seemed to fill my soul and I felt safe and secure in His care.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003e“I shall never forget Dr. Pace delivered the message with “Consecration” for his subject. We were asked to gather, after his sermon, out on the lake shore. The evening was beautiful and as we stood by the lakeside singing our songs of love and of praise to our Lord, He Himself seemed to draw near, and His presence filled our souls to their depths. A new missionary friend, Mary Valkier, who is going to Africa under our mission board, was present, and she and I were each asked to speak a few words of praise and testimony. Then someone started the song, ‘I’ll go where you want me to go, Dear Lord,’ and as we sang, about fifteen young people stepped forward and gave their lives to God to be used as He should see fit. Truly our hearts burned within us as we walked home this night, realizing that the Lord Himself had drawn near and had been in our midst.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003e“In response to a letter rec’d from Mr. Haas yesterday, asking us to meet him at Practical Bible Institute, Binghamton, New York. We left Gull lake and are now on our way east, our next stop being Cleveland, where we hope to meet Mr. Carman, American Director of our Mission Council.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003e“How lovely the New York hills loomed up before my eyes in all their wondrous beauty as I awakened this morning. So fresh, so fragrant, and as beautiful! We have had a most blessed day. Arrived at P.B.T.S. at 9am and for the first time met the much-heard-of Mr. Haas, and have already learned to love him. We have also met the Wimers, a young couple who are to sail for France at the same time as we.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003e“After leaving the depot Mr. Haas accompanied Leland and I to our room at the Alliance Home, and spent the evening with us. As we listened to the things they have told us concerning their different experiences in the Christian life we have been filled with a deep desire for a closer walk with God.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003e“A big week spent in N.Y. City. The night I arrived, after leaving the depot, Mr. Carman, Mr. Has, Leland and I crossed the river on the ferry, and then took the underground to Times Square. As I came up from the subway and received my first view of N.Y. City at night, I was simply dazed at the blaze and glare which met my eyes. The others with me had been there many times before so they amused themselves by watching me in my greenness (which I fear was quite evident). Among the interesting places visited during the week were The Pallisades, Cone Island, Chinatown and two of its missions – Also Dr. Haldeman’s church. We have here met Mrs. Bayne, a colored nurse leaving for Africa at the same time as we, which, although I can hardly realize it, is tomorrow. A feeling of sadness, sweetened and made beautiful by deep joy and gratitude to God, comes as I think of leaving the U.S.A.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003e“We pulled out of the N.Y. Harbor at 11am on the French boat, Rousillon . . . there are five in our party. Mr and Mrs. Wimer (better known as Ted and Lila), Mrs. Bayne, and Leland and I. Praise God for His grace and power, tonight. He has heard our prayers and has graciously answered. What joy to be called of Him!”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003e“I was generous enough to give the fish of the sea what breakfast I at yesterday” [on sea sickness]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003e“Word has been received that our boat isn’t to leave until tomorrow [Bourdeaux to Africa] and now tonight we are staying in a bedroom of a dirty low-down saloon, the only room in all La Pollice we could find. The better rooms were withheld from us because we are Protestants. The awful filth and ungodliness of this place, the unpleasantness of the circumstances, only reveal to us in a clearer way the contrast between Christ and sin – and makes us but rejoice in the salvation He has wrought for us. How much we have tonight in Him!”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003e“Our tickets on this boat are costing us more than had we gone on the boat from Bordeaux. We have but enough to get us to Matadi (one half of the way) – But knowing that it I is He who is leading, we have no fear.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003e“Well – here’s a sketch of the place I am to be found quite often. It is called a push-push \u0026amp; is the way white people ride in Africa. That is, everyone who doesn’t ride in Fords. Lots and lots of Fords here in Brazzaville. The native boys do most everything, from acting as horses to house-maids \u0026amp; they do their work well too. We were at Madai a little over a week at the American Baptist Mission – The station there is run by one young man \u0026amp; as there were nine of us while there it made quite a bit of work for him. So I got his consent to let me take charge of the cooking for him. The boys do all the work – all one has to do is ot show them how - \u0026amp; say but it is fun!! They’re so full of fun - \u0026amp; we had such good times there. They have two boys to work in the kitchen. They make bread, prepare meat \u0026amp; vegetables, puddings \u0026amp;etc. Then two other boys to wait on table – two to make beds \u0026amp; do housework etc., They do their work always as good as any American housewife could do – The washing \u0026amp; ironing is always done better than I could do with the materials they use – cold water etc,. Yet the clothes are nice \u0026amp; white \u0026amp; very neatly pressed. My only worry is that I’ll become lazy. I’m not so sure but that I’m there already.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003e“I remember Howdy used to tease \u0026amp; tease me to tell him ‘nigger’ stories – and I guess by the time I get home next time I will have all his little heart desires. His eyes sure would stick out at some things he’d see if he were here.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003e“Miss Bonar \u0026amp; I went to some of the neighboring villages to preach \u0026amp; hold meetings. We went into tipoys and about fifteen native porters went with us to carry not only our clothes and food, but “us!” Poor men!!! The villages we visited happened to be in the leopard district, but the men build campfires all around our house \u0026amp; then slept on the verandas of the rest houses. For safety’s sake, Miss Bonar kept a spear by her bed-side \u0026amp; I kept a long native carving knife in under my pillow, so we had double protection – and of course in reality Triple protection as the most trustworthy of all was our Father’s eye of love, unseen, but felt.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003e“Well, I made my first try at speaking to the natives in Sango language. They understood me, which I guess I the most important thing. But I sure realized my limited vocabulary \u0026amp; as a consequence am going to settle down to studying more than ever. The natives somehow seem so hungry for a little bit of love. Many of them don’t know what it is to have even human love in any way shown to them, to say nothing about the love of Christ. At one village, while just passing through it, about thirty youngsters came running out asking us to step to tell them how to get to the “City of God.” They said they’d never heard\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u0026amp; they wanted so much to know. One little youngster asked us if we wouldn’t write his name in the book of God. My! You know my heart just goes out to them. They aren’t hard to love at all. They’re so cute \u0026amp; so hungry – like for even a smile or any little kindness.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eEtc., etc., etc. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eDrawings are sprinkled throughout, including of Margaret being carried by Peter and Sambo [Africans]; of the Fort layout, etc, etc., \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003ePlus material related to the Gull Lake Baptist Conference; train rides to Michigan from Chicago; letters written on board the Rousillon; a beautiful lithographed menu from the Roussillon; extensive communication from Sibut in the Central African Republic; The Boysons [missionaries from Moody Bible Institute]; accounts of hunting expeditions – antelope, rhinoceros etc.; accounts of Margaret Camp and Miss Bonar going to preach in remote villages; their move to Ippy, complete manuscripts of sermons by Margaret Leland; furlough’s back in America, arrival of new missionaries, their move to Fort Crampel in French Equatorial Africa; yellow fever; poems by Margaret Camp; letters to their son Clayton who attended Columbia Bible College [South Carolina, to prepare for the Baptist ministry], the threatened martyrdom of native evangelist “Yemingui,” conversion of witch doctors, disc-lipped [duck-billed, she says] women of the\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eSara Kaba Tribe; the loss of a child in birth; on World War II in Africa; prayer meetings for the baptism with the Holy Spirit [after reading R. A. Torrey’s work]; their Furlough at home during the War and Margaret’s health issues [they were almost pulled from the field – she had malaria, etc.,]; Elephants, etc., etc., etc., \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eThis really doesn’t even scratch the surface. An important archive historically, worthy of intact preservation and someone’s PhD Dissertation or missionary biography in waiting. \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Specs Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41783749705764,"sku":null,"price":2750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0093\/3910\/9435\/files\/08-06-2024SpecsFineBooks-08935.jpg?v=1723072653"},{"product_id":"1869-1870-w-c-and-pheobe-palmer-ed-the-guide-to-holiness-4-volume-sammelband","title":"1869-1870 W. C. AND PHOEBE PALMER. The Guide to Holiness Magazine. Four-Volume Sammelband.","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAn exceptional, large sammelband of four complete volumes, two complete years, of Dr. W. C. and Phoebe Palmer's \u003cem\u003eGuide to Holiness\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, the most influential holiness, higher life periodical of the era. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eExceptional content with accounts of camp-meetings from Martha's Vineyard to San Francisco, holiness meetings among the \"Indians,\" extensive accounts of local revivals across the country [including an original contribution on revival at Oberlin by Charles G. Finney], special attention given to female preachers and the involvement and effects of the holiness movement on \"ministers' wives,\" reports of Phoebe's Tuesday Meetings for the Promotion of Holiness, etc,. etc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSome attention also given to reconstruction and racial reconciliation [especially the spiritual element]. \u003cem\u003eThe Guide to Holiness\u003c\/em\u003e had long been abolitionist, was strongly associated with Oberlin which had strongly advocated civil disobedience with relation to slavery, etc., \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eNow very scarce on the market. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ePalmer, W. C. and Palmer, Phoebe. [Ed.]. The Guide to Holiness. January-July 1869. Volume LV. New York. Walter C. 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