1827 VIRGINIA PRESBYTERIAN MAGAZINE. Liberated Slaves, Cherokee & Trail of Tears, The Millennium, &c.

Excellent content in this important early Presbyterian periodical, with significant content related to Slavery and Black Persons in America, Religious Work among Native Americans, Presbyterian Theology and the "South," Eschatology, etc. 

Contents include: The Immutability of God; A Funeral Oration Occasioned by the Death of the Late Ex-Presidents, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson [who both died on July 4, 1826]; The Pious African; Review of The Doctrines of the Church Vindicated from Misrepresentations of Dr. John Rice; Protestant Worship in Italy; Missions in the Sandwich Islands; The Holy Influence of the Christian's Hope; Remarks on the Scriptural Doctrines of Imputation; Believers and their Children the only Subjects Entitled to the Ordinance of Baptism; Love to the Unseen Savior - A Sacramental Sermon; Missions among the Cherokee Tribe of Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and North Carolina [Brainerd, Carmel, etc.]; The Covenant of Works and Grace Contrasted; On the Kind and Amount of Knowledge Necessary for an Interpreter of the Holy Scriptures; Importance of Hebrew Literature; Missions among the Choctaw; The Cherokee of Arkansas; Educating for the Gospel Ministry; Human Depravity; A Glimpse at Human Nature; Cultivation of the Female Intellect in the United States [Series]; Periodical Journals of the Southern States; Duty and Importance of Union among Christians; The Minister of Christ - Addressed to a Young Preacher of the Gospel; The Millennium; On the Time of Christ's Advent; The Advantages and Disadvantages of the Marriage State; On the Inspiration of the Scriptures; Expostulation with My Own Hard Heart; Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews; Progress of Christianity among Liberated Africans and Former Slaves in Sierra Leone; Islands of Raivavai; The Millennium; Difference between a Pastor and a Preacher; Notice of Professor Moses Stuart's Sermon; The Reformation in Ireland; Duty and Privilege of Church-Membership by John Angell James; The Ministry of the Church - Her Best Friends or Worst Enemies; Justification by Faith; All Scripture Profitable; Remarks on Certain Theological Errors; The Gospel Ministry Entitled to Support - A Sermon by Matthew Lyle; Duties of Elders.

Rice, John H. [ed.]. The Literary and Evangelical Magazine. Vol. X. Published by Pollard and Converse, at the Franklin Press. Richmond, Va. 1827. 668pp.

A good - copy, bound in half leather, with the boards detached. The text block is generally solid with some scattered light to moderate foxing. Minor ex library markings.