1840 ROBERT HAWKER & JOHN NEWTON. Peace for the Christian Mourner. In Fine Leather Binding.
1840 ROBERT HAWKER & JOHN NEWTON. Peace for the Christian Mourner. In Fine Leather Binding.
A superbly attractive volume designed to be gifted to Christians who have suffered the loss of a loved one; this volume quite scarce, and including extensive sections from some of the choicest authors. Selections include the puritan, Thomas Case; author of Amazing Grace, John Newton; puritan, Richard Baxter, the deeply experimental, Robert Hawker, William Romaine of the Great Awakening, the Scottish puritan, Samuel Rutherford, puritan martyr, Christopher Love, and others of similar tone.
Drummond, Mrs. D. [ed.]. Peace for the Christian Mourner; Or, Extracts from Various Christian Authors, on the Subject of Affliction. Selected by Mrs. D. Drummond. With a Preface by the Rev. D. Drummond. And an Original Paper on "Christian Consolation" by the Rev. Hugh White. London. R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside. 1840. 390pp.
Very attractive full leather binding, raised bands with gold and blind tooling in compartments, contrasting morocco title panel. Foredges and endpapers in matching marbled texture. Some rubbing at extremities, but very attractive and sound. A lovely copy of a rare book.