Very nice volume inscribed from holiness pioneers, Dr. William C. and Phoebe Palmer, to Rev. William S. & Mrs. C. A. Birch, influential Methodist pastor and leader in the mid-19th century.*
In full:
Rev. W.S. & Mrs C.A. Birch
with the Affectionate regards
of the Author
Whom we love in the truth &
not word only, but all they that
have known the truth . . . Grace
be with you, mercy & peace
from God the Father & from
the Lord Jesus Christ
W C & Phoebe Palmer
New York
Dec 1st 1869
Any autograph or ephemeral material related to Phoebe Palmer is highly desirable and rare on the market.
Palmer, Phoebe. Promise of the Father; Or, A Neglected Speciality of the Last Days. Addressed to Clergy and Laity of all Christian Communities. New York. W. C. Palmer, Jr. 14 Bible House. 1868. 421pp.
Fair copy only, spine all but gone, boards shaken, text block shaken with one signature very much forward. Worthy of preservation.
*See Herrick, H. N. A History of the Northern Indiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 1917.
