1806 & 1807 VIRGINIA RELIGIOUS MAG. Rare Contributor Copies with MSs Revisions, &c. Presbyterian.

Very rare pre-Princeton Presbyterian periodical. The Virginia Religious Magazine was primarily the publication of the faculty of Liberty Hall Academy (now Hampden-Sydney College), published in Virginia from 1804 to 1807. Edited by then-President of Liberty Hall Academy, Archibald Alexander. Though primarily edited by Alexander, the day to day seems to have been handled by Rev. Conrad Speece, also of Liberty Hall Academy and pastor of Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church. Some months, more than half the contributions are by him. 

These particular issues were his personal copies. Articles have his handwritten indication of who the authors were [where not published] and his personal articles contains minor revisions in his own hand. 

Contents: Biography of John Blair Smith with Revival Content; Rev. Mr. Kitchener's Narrative of His Mission to the Hottentots [series]; The Scriptures are Profitable by Matthew Lyle; On Infidelity [series] by John H. Rice; Infant Baptism [series] by Archibald Alexander; Philander to Politus [series] by Conrad Speece [owner of the volumes]; on Duelling by Conrad Speece; Original letter of Rev. Drury Lacy; Original Poetry - Salvation in Christ by Conrad Speece [with corrections]; Biography of George Duffield; Remarkable Panicks by Rev. Samuel Brown; Observations on Proverbs 1.10 by Drury Lacy; Vivax and Paulinus by Rev. Matthew Lyle; Life of Jonathan Edwards; Religious Intelligence [extensive] from the Rev. Gideon Blackburn - Missionary among the Cherokee Indians in Tennessee; Original Poetry 0n Psalms XCVII by Mr. Frederick Speece; History of Jack Vincent by John H. Rice; Solution of a Text of Scripture Preached by George A. Baxter at the Ordination of William M'Pheters; True Riches by Conrad Speece; On Incontinence by George A. Baxter, Remarkable Conversion of a Family; The Praying Soldier; Revival of Religion in Little Compton; Life of William Tennent; On God's Making His Own Glory is Last End; Letter from Mrs. Marshman - Wife of One of the Missionaries at Serampore; Extract of a Letter from William Carey to a Friend in Edinburgh; 

Anonymous. The Virginia Religious Magazine, for the Year 1806. Published Under the Patronage of the Synod of Virginia, by the Editors. Volume II. Lexington. Printed by Samuel Walkup. 1806. 384pp.

Contents include: Biography of John Blair Smith with Revival Content; Rev. Mr. Kitchener's Narrative of His Mission to the Hottentots [series]; The Scriptures are Profitable by Matthew Lyle; On Infidelity [series] by John H. Rice; Infant Baptism [series] by Archibald Alexander; Philander to Politus [series] by Conrad Speece [owner of the volumes]; on Duelling by Conrad Speece; Original letter of Rev. Drury Lacy; Original Poetry - Salvation in Christ by Conrad Speece [with corrections]; Biography of George Duffield; Remarkable Panicks by Rev. Samuel Brown; Observations on Proverbs 1.10 by Drury Lacy; Vivax and Paulinus by Rev. Matthew Lyle; Life of Jonathan Edwards; Religious Intelligence [extensive] from the Rev. Gideon Blackburn - Missionary among the Cherokee Indians in Tennessee; Original Poetry 0n Psalms XCVII by Mr. Frederick Speece; History of Jack Vincent by John H. Rice; Solution of a Text of Scripture Preached by George A. Baxter at the Ordination of William M'Pheters; True Riches by Conrad Speece; On Incontinence by George A. Baxter, Remarkable Conversion of a Family; The Praying Soldier; Revival of Religion in Little Compton; Life of William Tennent; On God's Making His Own Glory is Last End; Letter from Mrs. Marshman - Wife of One of the Missionaries at Serampore; Extract of a Letter from William Carey to a Friend in Edinburgh; 

Anonymous. The Virginia Religious Magazine. For the Year 1807. Published Under the Patronage of the Synod of Virginia, by the Editors. Volume III. Lexington. Printed by Samuel Walkup. 1807. 376pp.

Contents include: Continuation of the Life of William Tennent; To the Editors of the Virginia Religious Magazine by Conrad Speece; Scrpitural Doctrine of Household Baptism State and Defended by Conrad Speece [extensive]; Midnight Thoughts by Conrad Speece; The Happiness of Early Religion by Conrad Speece; Preach the Word by Matthew Lyle; Account of Mr. Jervas by John H. Rice; Dialogue between a Baptist and a Pedobaptist by Conrad Speece; Letter from Nancy Fields - A Cherokee Indian - to the Elders of the Presbyterian Congregation; Narrative of J. Lyle's Mission in the Cumberland Presbytery; Life of George Whitefield; A Sabbath Evening at Mr. Jervas' by John H. Rice; On Dress by Conrad Speece; Horse Racing Delineated by Conrad Speece; The Gambler's Logick Tried by Conrad Speece; On Self-Deception; Preaching the Gospel for Money by Conrad Speece; Let us Not Sleep as Others Do by Conrad Speece; The Father and His Religious Neglect of His Children; Multiple Letters from William Carey and the Missionaries at Serampore; Religious our Only Support in Death by Frederick Speece [original]; Reflections on Matthew xxvii.3-5 by Conrad Speece; On the Influence of the Holy Spirit; On Spiritual Impulses and Feelings; The Awakened and Repenting Sinner's Resolve by Conrad Speece; A Faithful Preacher by Conrad Speece; Deism; Observations on the Origins of Religious Error; Absurdity of Infidelity; Prayer for the Presence of God in His House by Conrad Speece; etc., 

A good plus set, bound in leather, generally solid, with light to moderate foxing, and some minor ink marks in a period hand.