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Anonymous.
OUR FIRST MOTHER.
pp. 2 [Reviews], 295, (3) [Reviews]. Age stained. Lacks first fly leaf. 12mo. Original full cloth binding embossed in blind. Gilt lettered and decorated spine. Slight loss at head of spine. Hardbound. Very good. Rather scarce. RELIGION BOX 2
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(Bennet, Thomas).
AN ANSWER TO THE DISSENTERS PLEAS FOR SEPARATION; Or, An Abridgment Of The London Cases; Wherein The Substance Of Those Books Is Digested Into One Short And Plain Discourse. Sixth Edition.
pp. (16), 326, (2) [Publisher's catalogue]. Age stained. Title page torn without loss. XLib stamps on first and last fly leaves. XLib bookplate on front pastedown. 8vo. 190 mm. Original full leather binding, rubbed. Corners worn. Front board fragile. The London Cases, mentioned in the alternate title, refer to a work entitled: 'A Collection of Cases and other Discourses lately written to Recover Dissenters to the Communion of the Church of England' published in 1685. Thomas Bennet (1673-1728) was an English clergyman, known for controversial and polemical writings, and as a Hebrew scholart. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! RELIGION BOX 1
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Gunsaulus, Frank Wakeley (1856-1921).
NOVEMBER AT EASTWOOD, SERMONS.
193p. Inked ownership on front fly leaf. 8vo. 22 cm. Original full blue cloth binding, worn. Rear board damp stained. Hardbound. Good. "The Seven Sermons here printed were preached in East-wood Chapel, at Seven successive services, during the month of November, 1879. Having the only distinction of being the most easily obtainable fragment of a busy ministry, they can not pretend to much, if they would. They are thus published, from a reporter's notes, that they may serve as a memorial to those who heard them, of the preacher's unaffected gratitude for the generous atmosphere which brought them into existence." - From the Preface. August 1, 1880. RELIGION BOX 2
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Altemus, Henry.
A CHILD'S STORY OF THE BIBLE. With 72 Illustrations.
278p. + Frontis. Illustrated with numerous full page plates. XLib stamp on title page and front pastedown. H. W. Boltz ownership stamp on first fly leaf. Ink presentation on second fly leaf "Presented to Harry W. Boltz (1884-1954) for attending every day of school in the year 1896, Teacher Harry M. Mease". 16mo. Original full light green cloth binding. Color pictorial design of Moses discovered in the reeds on front board. Lettered and decorated in silver. Binding faded and slightly soiled. RELIGION BOX 1
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German Christian Churches.
PEACE AND THE CHURCHES. Souvenir Volume of the Visit to England of Representatives of the German Christian Churches. May 26th to June 3rd, 1908. Including the Visit to Scotland, June 3rd to 7th, 1908; DER FRIEDE UND DIE KIRCHEN.
pp. viii, 248. Illustrated with numerous photographs. English and German languages printed in double columns on each page. All edges gilt. Mildly XLib from the Mohonk Arbitration Conference Library. Inked inscription on front fly leaf "To Albert K. Smiley, The recollections of these two days on the Summit of This Holy Mountain will ever remain one of the happiest memories in the mind of Thy Guest and Friend, J. Allen Baker, Lake Mohonk, NY, May 20-21st, 1909". (Baker, M.P. London, Quaker). Inked ownership of D. Smiley The Lake Mohonk Mountain House, run by Albert K. Smiley (1828-1912) and Daniel Smiley (1855-1930), hosted a Mohonk Arbitration Conference from 1895-1916. Oblong 8vo. Original full green buckram lettered in gold. Binding worn. Hardbound. Good. RELIGION BOX 3
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Baalen, Jan Karel Van.
THE CHAOS OF CULTS. A Study in Present-Day "Isms".
227p. Lacks front fly leaf. 8vo. Original full red cloth binding, worn. "Jan Karel Van Baalen described cults as non-Christian religions but included those groups which had their roots in Christianity while denying what he considered its essential teaching. According to VanBaalen, all religions could be divided into two groups, those which ascribe to humans the ability to accomplish their own salvation and those which ascribe that ability to God. The latter group is called Christianity. All other religion fits into the first group. In The Chaos of Cults, which went through numerous editions from its first appearance in 1938, Van Baalen analyzed various non-Christian religions in the light of Christian teachings." - From a description of the 1981 edition. RELIGION BOX 1
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Bain, John A.
SOREN KIERKEGAARD. His Life and Religious Teaching.
160p. Age stained. 12mo. Original full orange cloth binding, soiled. Extremities rubbed and bumped. Original dust jacket, lacks spine. RELIGION BOX 1
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Barry, William.
THE PAPACY AND MODERN TIMES. A Political Sketch, 1303-1870.
pp. 256, 8 [Publisher's catalogue]. 16mo. Original cloth binding. Lacks spine. Home University Library of Modern Knowledge. RELIGION BOX 2
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(Abbott, Sallucia).
THE LAY MISSIONARY; Or, The Way To Do Good.
84p. Age stained. Early ownership of John A. Clark on title page and front pastedown. 155 mm. Original leather spine over yellow paper covered boards. Original paper label on front board. Extremities worn with slight loss. Boards rubbed and stained. Slight loss at head and tail of spine. Hardbound. Very good. This popular work is attributed to Sallucia Abbott (1801-1886), a school teacher in Maine. AI #13348 (4 entries). Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! RELIGION BOX 8
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Ignatius, Saint; Cureton, William.
CORPUS IGNATIANUM: A Complete Collection of the Ignatian Epistles.
pp. xvii, lxxxvii, 365 (2) [Works of William Cureton] + Two facsimile plates. Rev. Charles James Wood's unusual woodcut bookplate. Penciled ownership of Wm. Berrian. Extract from a 1845 magazine with a review of studies on manuscripts from Egyptian monasteries. 26 cm. Original full cloth binding embossed in blind. Worn spine repaired with some loss. "Genuine, Interpolated, and Spurious; Together With Numerous Extracts From Them, As Quoted by Ecclesiastical Writers Down to the Tenth Century; In Syriac, Greek, and Latin: An English Translation of the Syriac Text, Copious Notes, and Introduction." William Cureton (1808-1864), a clergyman and scholar, discovered in 1845 the Syriac version of St. Ignatius's Epistles at the British Museum. He was working there as an assistant keeper, examining manuscripts which had recently been brought from the Nitrian desert. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! RELIGION BOX 2
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Deems, Charles F.
THE LIGHT OF THE NATIONS.
pp. 755, (1) [Publisher's catalogue] + Portrait Frontis of Author and full page engraved plates, foxed. Also full page text chromolithograph plates, some decorated with gold. Numerous small drawings. Paper very browned and beginning to be brittle. Last few pages loose. Inner hinges cracked. Large 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Front board decorated with an oval portrait of Jesus in gold surrounded with palm leaves and flowers in blind. Small loss at corners. RELIGION BOX 5
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Barton, Bruce.
THE MAN NOBODY KNOWS. A Discovery of the Real Jesus.
220p. 8vo. Original full cloth binding lettered in gold. Hardbound. Very good. An excellent depiction of Christ the living vital man. RELIGION BOX 2
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Benoit, Pierre.
THE PASSION AND RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST. Translated by Benet Weatherhead.
pp. x, 342. Book label of Rev. Raymond Collins, New York. Inked underlinings. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original priced dust jacket, slightly soiled. Hardbound. Very good+. RELIGION BOX 9
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(American Messenger).
SKETCHES FROM LIFE; Or, Illustrations of the Influence of Christianity.
542p. Text drawings. Age stained. Small 8vo. 195 mm. Original full cloth binding embossed in blind. Spine decorated and lettered in gilt, worn on hinge. 'This volume consists wholly of articles selected from the successive numbers of the American Messenger, to the middle of its thirteenth volume. William Allen Hallock (1794-1880) was the agent for the New England Tract Society (based in Andover, MA) when it changed its name to the American Tract Society in 1823 with the intention of becoming a national organization. The New York Religious Tract Society, considering a similar goal, contacted the New England group in 1824 about a possible merger. Hallock, believing that "the great wicked city of New York" should be its home, was influential in effecting this in 1825. He went on to wear many hats, including that of editor for the American Messenger. RELIGION BOX 10
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Beard, Charles.
THE REFORMATION OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY IN ITS RELATION TO MODERN THOUGHT AND KNOWLEDGE. Lectures (The Hibbert Lectures) Delivered at Oxford and in London, in April, May and June, 1883.
pp. x, 451, 8 [Publisher's catalogue]. Slightly age stained. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding, lettered and decorated in gold. Top of spine repaired with some loss. Hardbound. Very good. RELIGION BOX 2
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Dell, William (d. 1664).
CHRIST'S SPIRIT, A CHRISTIAN'S STRENGTH. A Plain Discovery of the Mighty and Invincible Power, that all Believers receive through the Gift of the Spirit. First held forth in Two Sermons, on Acts I, viii, and after are Published for the Instruction and Use
pp. 73-168; 8vo. 185 mm. Nice plain modern leather binding. Hardbound. Very good. The pagination indicates that this was issued as part of Saur's remarkable collection of tracts that usually has, as its first piece - Bromley's WAY TO THE SABBATH OF REST. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! JUN5 BOX1.
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Ayer, Alfred Jules.
LANGUAGE, TRUTH AND LOGIC.
160p. Some pencil and ink underlining, but nothing to obtrusive. Dover paperback, slightly worn. PHILOSOPHY 1
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Montgomery, Morton L.
LIFE AND TIMES OF CONRAD WEISER, the First Representative Man of Berks County.
pp. 36, (36) = Numerous Illustrated Advertisments for local businesses of every type and variety. Each text and advertising page is printed within a typographic frame. 8vo. 235 mm. XLib. Original printed wraps; soiled and chipped. "The original purpose of this publication is to popularize, under the auspices of the Board of Trade of Reading, the project of erecting a monument to the memory of Conrad Weiser." Johann Conrad Weiser (1696-1760) was a Pennsylvania German pioneer, farmer, monk, tanner, judge, and soldier. His most significant contributions were as an interpreter and emissary in councils between Native Americans and the colonies, especially in Pennsylvania. The biography is pretty standard, but the various illustrated advertisements are really quite wonderful. JUN5 BOX1
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Kriebel, Oscar Schultz
CONVERSION AND RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE.
171 p. Original cloth binding. Crisp copy of the first edition. Very significant study with much application to questions of: baptism; 'born again' salvation; etc.
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Herr, John (1782-1850).
THE ILLUSTRATING MIRROR. Or A Fundamental Illustration of Christ's Sermon on the Mount.
360 p. Age stain. 16mo. Leather boards detached. Manuscript ownership of Anna Maria Garrick, Lancaster, PA, Mrs. Clarks School. Also 1873 gift from Grandfather Frick to Andrew F. Frantz. Marks of an old label. Johannes Herr (1781-1850), was the founder of the Reformed Mennonite Church. Around 1800 his father (Francis) was expelled from the Mennonite Church in West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, PA. Francis began to conduct religious services in his home as a lay brother. He died in 1810, leaving a family of eight children, none of whom had been baptized as members in any church. Among those who associated with him in his lay services were Abraham Landis and David Buckwalter, both of whom had withdrawn from the Mennonite Church. After Francis Herr's death the meetings continued and his son John was asked to lead the services, although he was not yet baptized. In a meeting on 30 May 1812, at John Herr's home John was elected pastor and bishop, and Abraham Landis was elected to baptize him. Herr in turn baptized Landis and Abraham Groff, Groff being elected deacon. Soon thereafter Abraham Landis was chosen preacher, followed by John Groff as preacher. In 1812 the first meetinghouse was dedicated, called Longenecker's. John became a vigorous leader of the new group. He traveled widely, especially to Western New York and Ontario, where congregations of his group were established. PA 011A
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Carter, Benjamin.
SIXTEEN DISCOURSES ON PRACTICAL SUBJECTS.
pp. (16) [Including a list of subscribers], 392. Decorative initials and printer's devices. 8vo. Foxed. Contemporary full leather binding, tooled in blind. Back and joints worn and tender. Manuscript ownership of "Walter Getty, March 1899." Extensive subscriber's list which includes some notable names. RELIGION; THEOLOGY; ETHICS; CHRISTIAN LIFE; 1729 **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W138 Rt/R
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Gillespie, William Honyman.
THE ARGUMENT, A PRIORI, FOR THE BEING AND THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE LORD GOD, THE ABSOLUTE ONE, AND FIRST CAUSE. With a Preface by James Urquhart.
pp. xxiii, 261. Portrait frontis. Top edge gold. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Worn and stained. Endpapers browning. Title page and frontis foxed. Seventh thousand of the reissue of the sixth edition for the Trustees of Mrs. Honyman Gillespie. After reading the Scottish philosphers Hume and Clarke, Gillespie embarked upon a scientific process of independent inquiry into the existence of God. He gradually concentrated his attention on what he believed to be the best methods of proof. Finally adopting a method never before attempted, he started from the propositions, acknowledged by Atheists and Theists alike, that there is Infinity of Extension and Infinity of Duration. OCC 4
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Fletcher, John
LETTERS ON THE SPIRITUAL MANIFESTATION OF THE SON OF GOD, by the Rev. John De La Fletcher. Accompanied by The Test of a New Creature, Adapted to Adult Persons.
94 p. 12 mo. 19 cm. Deckle edges. Old damp stain. Foxed. Original cloth backed boards. John Fletcher (1729-1785) was a contemporary of John Wesley (the founder of Methodism), a key interpreter of Wesleyan theology in the 18th century, and one of Methodism's first great theologians. Scarce. W145 Rt/R
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Fuller, Samuel.
LOUTRON, OR WATER BAPTISM. A Series of Discourses on its Mode, Subjects, Advantages & Conditions.
pp. 139, 2 [Publisher's catalog]. Curious illustrative plate. 12mo. Original full cloth binding, embossed in blind. A very attractive copy of a scarce little book. W145
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Mann, Horace (1796-1859).
DEDICATION OF ANTIOCH COLLEGE, AND INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF ITS PRESIDENT, HON. HORACE MANN; WITH OTHER PROCEEDINGS.
144 p. 12mo. Lightly foxed. Original flexible cloth wraps, lettered in gold, and decorated in blind. ** Manuscript inscription "Rev. Abiel Abbot, D.D. with the best love of his nephew, A. A. Livermore." Horace Mann, politician and educator, came from humble beginnings, but by his own exertions he was graduated at Brown in 1819. After his graduation he was tutor in Latin and Greek in Brown, entered the Litchfield, Connecticut, law-school in 1821, and in 1823 was admitted to the bar, opening an office in Dedham, Massachusetts. He was elected to the legislature in 1827, and was active in the interests of education, public charities, and laws for the suppression of intemperance and lotteries. He established the State lunatic asylum at Worcester, and in 1833 was chairman of its board of trustees. He continued to be returned to the legislature as representative from Dedham till his removal to Boston in 1833, when he entered into partnership with Edward G. Boring. In the practice of his profession he adopted the principle never to take the unjust side of any cause, and he is said to have gained four fifths of the cases in which he was engaged, the influence that he exerted over the juries being due in a great measure to the confidence that all felt in his honesty of purpose. He was elected to the State Senate from Boston in 1833, was its President (1836-7). From 1837 to 1848 he was Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education. In the spring of 1848 he was elected to the U.S. Congress as a Whig, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Quincy Adams. His first speech in that body was in advocacy of its right and duty to exclude slavery from the territories. In 1850 he was engaged in a controversy with Daniel Webster in regard to the extension of slavery and the fugitive-slave law. Mann was defeated by a single vote at the ensuing nominating convention by Mr. Webster's supporters; but, on appealing to the people as an Independent Anti-Slavery candidate, he was re-elected, serving from 1848 to 1853. In September, 1852, he was nominated for Governor of Massachusetts by the Free-Soil Party, and the same day was chosen President of Antioch College. Failing in the election for governor, he accepted the Presidency of the college, in which he continued until his death. He carried that institution through pecuniary and other difficulties, and satisfied himself of the practicality of co-education. ** The inscriptions involve: Abiel Abbot (1765-1859), a famous New England clergyman; and Abiel Abbot Livermore, also a famed New England clergyman, educator, and author. FIRST EDITION. Thomson 773. Sabin 44324n. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W147 RtStk.
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Somerville, B. H.
THE CENTRIFUGAL AGE / MAN'S LOST POINT OF FOCUS.
ff. (2), 90 leaves mimeographed on one side. Large 4to. Stapled. Wraps. First Edition. A remarkable work of metaphysics, economics, and philosophy. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! OCC14
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Brown, John (1722-1787).
A COMPENDIOUS VIEW OF NATURAL AND REVEALED RELIGION IN SEVEN BOOKS.
pp. xxiv, 650 + 3 p. Publisher's advertisement, including a Proposal to publish the Letters of Samuel Rutherford. Old foxing and age stain. 8vo. Contemporary full leather binding, worn. Boards almost detached. FIRST EDITION. A note to a modern reprint of this important and scarce indicates the regard in which he is still held: John Brown (1722-1787) of Haddington, was a leading Scottish minister in the early eighteenth-century. He was a gifted preacher, and prolific writer of theology. He began life in obscure poverty, without advantage of wealth, position, title, or education. He taught himself Greek while working in the fields. He became a man of deep spiritual experience with skill in preaching the doctrines of free grace and piety. This Compendious View, is based on his seminary lectures. It contains more than 26,000 proof texts and numerous exegetical insights. This single volume of Reformed systematic theology is rich in content and an indispensable tool for students, pastors, and professors of theology. "Eighteenth Century Scotland produced many noted ministers, scholars and educators, but none greater, or so greatly loved in his own day or afterwards, as John Brown of Haddington" - Joel R. Beeke. Though the Library of Congress apparently once held this First Edition, OCLC does not record any other U.S. library as having it. This original edition is very scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W151
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Allen, Benjamin.
HISTORY OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST.
Two volumes in one. pp. 487; 482. Light foxing. 8vo. Nice modern full cloth binding. FIRST EDITION. Benjamin Allen (1789-1829) was born in Hudson, New York. Educated as a Presbyterian, he united with the Episcopal Church and became a lay reader, laboring among the colored people of Charleston, Virginia; then a deacon, and in 1818 a priest. He published in 1815 the weekly "Layman's Magazine," and in 1820 an abridgment of Burnet's "History of the Reformation." In 1821 he was chosen rector of St. Paul's Church, Philadelphia. In 1827 he established a printing-house for the publication of tracts and printing of prayer-books. He died at sea. Decent copies of this First Edition of his classic work on the history of the early church are scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA14
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Eichelberger, Rev. L. (Editor & Publisher).
THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN PREACHER, AND PASTORAL MESSENGER; Being Sermons and Occasional Articles, Doctrinal and Practical, by Ministers of the Lutheran Church, With Notes by the Editor; All Designed to Illustrate and Defend the Principles of Religion, .
Two volumes in one. pp. 184; 188. Foxed. 8vo. Nice contemporary full leather binding. Both of the first volumes of this scarce and early Winchester, VA imprint, and a classic record of Lutheranism in the Virginia mountains. PA 07A
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Hocker, Edward W.
THE SOWER PRINTING HOUSE OF COLONIAL TIMES.
pp. 125. Includes also: JOHN CASPER STOEVER, Colonial Pastor and Founder of Churches. By R. L. Winters. pp. 171. 8vo. Original printed wraps. XLib. Excellent history of the Sauer/Saur/Sower printing family. Limited Edition. Pennsylvania German Society. Volume LIII. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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Winters, R. L.
JOHN CASPER STOEVER, Colonial Pastor and Founder of Churches.
pp. 171. Includes also: THE SOWER PRINTING HOUSE OF COLONIAL TIMES. By Edward W. Hocker. pp. 125. 8vo. Original printed wraps. XLib. Limited Edition. Pennsylvania German Society. Volume LIII. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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Athearn, Walter Scott (1872-1934)[General Editor].
THE MASTER LIBRARY. Ten Volumes.
Ten volumes. 4to. Highly illustrated. Handsome gold decorated flexible full leather bindings. Top edges gold. Almost 'as new'. Volumes are titled: 1. Leaders of Olden Days; 2. The Book of the Kingdom; 3. Heroes and Heroines; 4. The Living Wisdom; 5. Songs of the Seers; 6. Everyday Life in Old Judea; 7. The Perfect Life; 8. Pioneers of the Faith; 9. Using and Teaching the Bible; and (10). My Best Book. Complete sets, in such nice leather bindings, in beautiful condition, are rarely found. This set would make a great gift. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SW4
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Carney, Rev. W. H. Bruce.
HISTORY OF THE ALLEGHANY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNOD OF PENNSYLVANIA.
LACKS VOLUME TWO. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, spotted. Hardbound. PAG L19 rear
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Dubbs, Joseph Henry.
HISTORIC MANUAL OF THE REFORMED CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES.
433p. Illustrated. Interior hinges cracked. Rear endpaper soiled and torn. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Worn. Hardbound. PAG L19
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Wakeley, Rev. J. B.
THE PATRIARCH OF ONE HUNDRED YEARS; Being Reminiscences, Historical and Biographical, of Rev. Henry Boehm. (FACSIMILE REPRINT).
pp. 587, (5) [Publisher's catalogue]. Presentation copy from Sean S. Halliday to Mr. Ziegler. + Companion pamphlet "Index to the Reminiscences by Rev. Henry Boehm" (26p.). Index includes names, subjects and sermon texts. Small 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Hardbound. Facsimile reprint of the 1875 New York edition. Nice copy. The index is especially important and useful. PAG L19
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Holloway, Rev. Henry Clay.
A NEW PATH ACROSS AN OLD FIELD. Published for the Author.
303p. + Portrait frontis. Dampstained. XLib. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, gold lettered. Old dust spotting on binding. Hardbound. Quite scarce. PAG L19
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Lichtenberger, F.
HISTORY OF GERMAN THEOLOGY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. Translated and Edited by W. Hastie, B.D.
pp. xxxix, 629, (10) [Publisher's catalogue]. XLib. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, embossed in blind. Small tear at head of spine. Hardbound. Nice copy. The first English language edition. PAG L19
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Morris, John G.
FIFTY YEARS IN THE LUTHERAN MINISTRY.
pp. viii, 630. 8vo. Original cloth binding, worn. Hardbound. Text clean and tight. Includes the following Notice: " To my deep regret I was compelled to omit many good things which were properly comprehended within the scope of my book, but I found its size growing so fast upon me, that I was reluctantly obliged to retrench. The subjects of Home Missions, the Book Company, Histories of Synods, numerous private reminiscences of persons, a large number of piquant and original anecdotes and other interesting matters will probably appear in another volume under consideration. [The sequel appeared as: Life Reminiscences of an Old Lutheran Pastor, in 1896 after his death]. PAG L19
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Wolf, Richard C.
DOCUMENTS OF LUTHERAN UNITY IN AMERICA.
pp. xxvii, 672. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Hardbound. Nice copy. Collection of 250 documents, 1730-1964, with introduction and endnotes on sources. PAG L19
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Ziegler, Howard J. B.
FREDERICK AUGUSTUS RAUCH. American Hegelian. With a Foreword by Lee M. Erdman.
pp. xvii, 103. Number Eight of the Franklin and Marshall College Studies. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, lettered in gold. Hardbound. Nice copy. PAG L10
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Saint Augustine.
THE CONFESSIONS OF ST. AUGUSTINE. In the translation of J. G. Pilkington with an introduction by George N. Shuster and illustrated with paintings by Edy Legrand.
pp. xxx, 296 + Plus Frontis and full page paintings by Edy Legrand. Color pictorial endpapers. 4to. Original full cloth binding. Original slip case. Hardbound. Nice copy. THESE HERITAGE PRESS BOOKS MAKE GREAT GIFTS. W83
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Herr, Eli.
THE SAINT: HIS CHARACTER, HIS RELATION TO GOD, TO HIS FELLOW-BELIEVERS, ANDTO THE WORLD.
94 p. 24 mo. Original full cloth binding, boards worn and soiled. First edition. Scarce Mennonite work on saint-hood. PA 011A
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Arndt, Johann.
SAMTLICHE SECHS BUCHER VOM WAHREN CHRISTENTHUM, welche handeln Von heilsame
pp. [42], 1484 + Engraved frontis portrait of Arndt. Title printed in red and black. Small thick 8vo. 185 mm. German text. Some age stain. Full leather binding with brass clasps on leather straps. Boards worn and nearly detached. Spine worn, lacking half inch at tail. Johann Arndt (1555-1621) German Lutheran theologian, churchman, and author of two devotional books which exerted a far-reaching influence upon the Protestant world. Called the "Father of German Pietism" he is also considered the most significant mystic in Lutheranism next to Jakob Boehme and Valentin Weigel. His 'Wahres Christentum' is an edifying reader of meditations and prayers of great emotional warmth. Along with the smaller 'Paradiesgartlein' it was especially popular in Mennonite circles. In fact the 'Wahres Christentum' was the most used devotional book in German (and German-American) Mennonite families for over two centuries. This particular edition is really quite scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! GER-GER 1
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Davis, Woodbury.
THE BEAUTIFUL CITY, AND THE KING OF GLORY.
pp. 255, (24) [Publisher's catalog]. Foxed. 12mo. 190 mm. Original full cloth binding embossed in blind. Very slight loss at head of spine. Generally Very Good. Woodbury Davis (1818-1871) was a Maine lawyer, Supreme Court justice, Anti-Slavery and Temperance advocate. He was one of the founders of the Republican Party. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! Religion Bx 12
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Spangenberg, August Gottlieb; Moravian Declaration of Faith
IDEA FIDEI FRATRUM ODER KURZER BEGRIF DER CHRISTLICHEN LEHRE IN DEN EVANGELISCHEN BRUDERGEMEINEN.
pp. 592, (64). Small 8vo. 185 mm. One leaf has a lower corner torn out effecting 9 lines of text. The binding's clasps have worn the preliminary and end leaves, without loss of text. Early full leather binding; with remains of the original clasp mountings. Slight loss to top 1" of spine. Early pencil ownership of Abraham P. Moyers. August Gottlieb Spangenberg (1704-1792) was Count Zinzendorf's successor, and bishop of the Moravian Brethren. In 1728 Count Zinzendorf visited Jena, and Spangenberg made his acquaintance. In 1730 he visited the Moravian colony at Herrnhut. A "Collegium Pastorale Practicum" for the care of the sick and poor was in consequence founded by him at Jena, which the authorities at once broke up as a "Zinzendorfian institution." Later, his free lectures in Jena met with much acceptance, and led to an offer from Gotthilf Francke of the post of assistant professor of theology and superintendent of schools connected with his orphanage at Halle. He accepted the offer, and took up his duties in September 1732. But differences between the Pietists of Halle and himself soon became apparent. He found their religious life too formal, external and worldly, and they could not sanction his comparative indifference to doctrinal correctness and his incurable tendency to separatism in church life. After some false starts Spangenberg went to Herrnhut and found amongst the Moravians his life-work. He became its theologian, its apologist, its statesman and corrector, through sixty long years. For the first thirty years (1733-1762) his work was mainly devoted to the superintendence and organization of the extensive missionary enterprises of the body in Germany, England, Denmark, the Netherlands, Suriname, Georgia and elsewhere. During the second half of this missionary period of his life he superintended as bishop the churches of Pennsylvania. There he defended the Moravian colonies against the Indians, became their apologist against the attacks of the Lutherans and the Pietists, and did much to moderate the mystical extravagances of Count Zinzendorf. In 1777 Spangenberg was commissioned to draw up the Idea Fidei Fratrum, or "Compendium of the Christian Faith of the United Brethren" , which became the accepted declaration of the Moravian belief. As compared with Zinzendorf's own writings, this book exhibits the finer balance and greater moderation of Spangenberg's nature, while those offensive descriptions of the relation of the sinner to Christ in which the Moravians at first indulged are almost absent from it. - From Wiki. GER-GER1
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Henry, Matthew.
THE COMMUNICANT'S COMPANION; or, Instructions and Helps for the Right Receiving of the Lord's Supper.
224 p. Age stain. 12mo. 180 mm. Missing front board and bits of the spine. "Of all the many treatises on the Lord's Table none possess more excellencies or fewer defects than Matthew Henry's Communicant's Companion. It is very plain, very pious, and very practical. There is a simplicity, a naturalness, and a familiarity, which renders it peculiarly delightful reading, and makes us almost fancy ourselves enjoying the conversation of its venerable author." - Rev. John Brown of Edinburgh, Scotland (1825). **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA LIB 6
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M'Girr (McGirr), William.
LETTERS UPON DIVERS SUBJECTS IN THEOLOGY: ADDRESSED TO LICENTIATES, OR CANDIDATES, FOR THE GOSPEL MINISTRY, AND THE AMERICAN YOUTH IN GENERAL.
395 p. Foxed and somewhat stained. 12 mo. 19 cm. Original full cloth binding; spine and front board slightly mouse chewed at top edge. Hardbound. Very good. FREE THOUGHT. PALIB 6
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Rieger, Georg Conrad.
HERZENS-POSTILLE, oder, zur fortpflanzung des wahren Christenthums im glauben und leben uber alle Fest-Sonn-und Feiertags-Evangelien gerichtete predigten. Zwente auflage.
1832 p. Engraved frontis portrait of the author. Title printed in red & black. German black letter fraktur text. Thick 4to. 220 mm. Some foxing. Handsome contemporary full leather over beveled boards binding [possibly American]. Both original brass clasps are present (one detached). Early (1790-1836) American manusrcipt ownerships and records of the Embich Family (Lebanon County, PA). The author, Georg Conrad Rieger (1687-1743) was a popular preacher who contributed much to the Pietist movement in Swabia and Wurtemberg. This collection of his sermons is very scarce. OCLC shows only the example at the Duke Univ Library. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! S.Cent.4
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Bavaria. Codex Maximilianus.
LANDRECHT, POLICEY- GERICHTS- MALEFITZ- UND ANDERE ORDNUNGEN. DER FURSTEMTHUMBEN OBERN UND NIDERN BAYERN. Nine Works in One Volume.
Nine volumes in one. Folio. 350 mm. Collation: Engraved title, 10 leaves (the last blank), 62 p. ; 4 leaves (the first blank), pp. 63-94; 9 leaves (the first blank), pp. 95-200; 19 leaves (the first blank), pp. 201-406; 7 leaves , pp. 407-443; 22 leaves, pp. 444-728; 4 leaves, pp. 729-774; 3 leaves (the first blank), pp. 775-793; 4 leaves, pp. 794-827, 6 leaves. Scattered damp stain, heaviest on last leaf (colophon). Early thumb indexes mostly present. German black letter gothic fraktur type; large woodcut initials; and decorative head and tail pieces throughout. Each sectional title bears Maximilian's large (150 x 185 mm) coat of arms. Most impressive too are the six pages with large woodcuts of 10 fish and one lobster. Generally clean and tight. Original full alum tawed pigskin over beveled oak boards binding; nicely tooled in blind; with Maximillian's simple arms, in a circle, within a 2" diamond. Five raised bands. Original brass clasps present. Early manuscript ownerships; Printed paper ownerships of the Kgl. Bezirksgericht Nurnberg in various places. Several stamped Nazi Eagle ownerships of the Oberlandesgerichts Nurnberg. First Edition of the Codex Maximilianus. Bavaria, under Maximilian I (1598-1651), was a country of around 1 million inhabitants, with agriculture and salt production (a ducal monopoly) being the dominant sectors of the economy. It became a key player in the events leading up to the Thirty Years War. In 1608, Bavaria occupied and annexed the hitherto free Imperial and Lutheran city of Donauworth. The action caused the Protestant princes and cities to found the Protestant Union. Bavaria then concluded an alliance with the Austrian and Hungarian Estates. In 1609 Bavaria became the leading force in the newly founded (Catholic) Holy League, an alliance formed against the Protestant Union. Consolidating his governance, Duke Maximilian, in 1616 introduced a new Bavarian Landrecht (Law Code), which was a compilation, reworking, and summation of all the laws and codes. Includes the codes of: Judicial Procedure; Court Laws; State Laws; Police Law; Forestry, hunting, and fishing regulations; Etc. It became a widespread the model for law and legislation for over 150 years. Stobbe II, 366. Very Scarce. Only a handful of copies are recorded in U.S. libraries. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! CHEST 2/1
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Mant, Richard.
THE HAPPINESS OF THE BLESSED, Considered as to the Particulars of their State; their Recognition of Each Other in that State; and its Difference of degrees. To which are added, Musings on the Church and Her Services.
pp. xvi, 188. 12 mo. 187 mm. Original full linen cloth binding. Slight split at joint. Most of original paper label gone. Early autograph manuscript ownership of Catherine Yeats. The "Musings" on the Church are in sonnet form. Richard Mant (1776-1848) was an English churchman and writer. This is apparently the First American Edition. JUN 5 Box 2
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