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![Text Box: Journal of Missions "The Field is the World" Boston, September, 1855 Boston, MA: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Summary of Intelligence: North American Indians. Choctaws, 121 have professed their faith as Christians. Cherokees: Four have joined the church, and the cause of temperance wears "a somewhat brightening aspect." Ojibwas. Not so good, little interest in education for their children. But we have noted a marked change for the better in temperance. We have not seen a drunk Indian for two years. Report from Ceylon: Cholera has abated, but still prevails at Tillipally. Small-pox is prevalent. "Has anything been done by the Mission to Syria in 25 Years?" Report by G.B.W. from Beyroot notes that work has been attempted and steadily persevered in. Reports from Hindustan, Burmah, China and Siam. Facts about the Island of Bonabe, or Ascension by one of the Micronesian Missionaries. 4 pp. 38 x 55 cm. Newspaper, paper very durable, with small stains, good. (7142) $26.00. Religious/Missionary
Kalendarz Serca Jezusowego Na Rok 1927 (in Polish) 1927 Krakow, Poland: Wydwnictwo Ksiezy Jezuitow Drukarnia "Przegladu Powszechnego." Catholic almanac with articles about religion, photos of Polish religious figures, even jokes; published in Pope John Paul's home town, when he was about seven years old. 251 pp. 16 x 23 cm. Paper booklet, title page starting to tear around staples, good. (3181) $20.00. Religious/Polish
Latest News from Three Worlds, Heaven, Earth and Hell; as reported at a four-days meeting in Shirley, Mass. In Letters to Eight Calvinistic Ministers; Second Edition By Streeter, Russell 1833 Boston, MA: Russell Streeter, Press of the Universalist. Introduction to Second Edition notes tremendous interest in Universalist Public in these letters. First letter is a blistering one to Rev. J.R. Cushing of Boxborough. The next to Rev. Mr. Rogers of Townsend asks about his use of "Total depravity" and notes that author was a professor of religion before Rogers was born. Third letter is to Rev. Mr. Albro of Fitchburg is also quite critical. Fourth letter to Rev. Mr. Howe of Pepperell is scathingly critical as well. Fifth letter is to Rev. George Fisher of Harvard, Mass. starts out with compliments, then blasts away. Sixth letter is to Rev. Mr. Chickering of Bolton, MA in which he asks "my dear young friend" why he rails against Popery. His seventh letter is to Rev. John Todd of Groton, also critical. His final letter is to Rev. Hope Brown of Shirley, MA, and Streeter concludes he is against these four-day meetings, and appears to be much against Calvinism. 133 pp. 9 x 15 cm. Paper on board, spine quite worn and torn, cover scuffed and worn, rear inner hinge cracked, fair. (7745) $36.00. Religious
Leisure Hours in Town, by the author of The Recreations of a Country Parson, Boyd, All H. 1862. Boston, MA: Ticknor & Fields. Recreational hours of a parson; a dissertation on veal; things slowly learnt; The word "Gone"; more might have been made; Carried weight in life; concerning the sorrows of childhood… 437 pp. 12 x 18 cm. Blindstamped design on cloth on board, gilt title, minor rubbing, dampstain, very good. (0051) $26.00 Religious
Lives of the Apostles and Early Martyrs of the Church (Designed for Sunday reading) by the author of "The Trial of Skill"; Fowle & Capen's Select Library for Common School Districts, Vol. I 1842 Boston, MA: Wm. B. Fowle & Nahum Capen. Book is intended to prevent "evil habit" of young persons who devote the leisure of the Sabbath to perusal of books of entertainment. Saul of Tarsus. Meaning of Sabbath. 204 pp. 10 x 15 cm. Leather on board, spine cracked at hinges, quite worn. Good condition. (1277) $35.00. Religious/Children's/Educational.
Longden: The Life of Henry Longden, Minister of the Gospel, compiled from his memoirs, diary, letters, and other authentic documents 1837 New York, NY: T. Mason and G. Lane. Life of Methodist minister Henry Longden (b. Sheffield, Yorkshire, 1754 d. 1812). This account even provides a rather detailed account of Longden's last days and hours. 207 pp. 9 x 14 cm. Calf on board, spine split 9 cm, spine detached from text block except at rear hinge; dampstained. Poor. (2417) $15.00. Religious/Biography
Massachusetts Missionary Magazine, July 1804, Vol. II No. 2 Boston, MA: Massachusetts Missionary Society. Biography: Life of Lieutenant John Wills, late of the Royal Navy, d. 1764. He fell asleep in the embraces of God his Saviour, to his eternal gain. "Letters on Solitary Devotion-- From Pascal to Julia, letters XIII and XIV.” "Narratives by a Young Lady" After our pastor died in 1800 the religious attention declined, till an unusual stupidity took place... youth were gliding down the stream of dissipation and carelessness. In 1803 vice and immorality seemed to rise to greater height than ever. At this time God was pleased to send a faithful pastor to guide the flock... "The Pilgrims"--- Primus from Europe, Secundus from Asia, Tertius from Africa and Quartus from America. Says Quartus: "My blood chills in my veins while I contemplate the danger to which the Southern states are exposed. The debt contracted is great, and must be paid." Talk against slavery and idea for Negro missionaries from America returning to Africa to preach the Gospel. Quartus also talks about how Americans have mistreated the Indians in America. 38 pp. 13 x 21 cm. Paper booklet, no wraps, worn, good. (7522) $43.00. Religious
Massachusetts Missionary Magazine, The June 1807, Vol. V No. 1 Boston, MA: Massachusetts Missionary Society. Religious and interesting communications calculated to edify Christians and inform the rising generation; profits of this work are to be applied to the support of Missionaries in the New Settlements and among the Indians of North America. Memoirs of Dr, Witherspoon. The Pious Negro Woman. Edinburgh Society's Mission to Tartary: a letter from Pinkerton in Karass. Group of missionaries crossed the Pod-Kuma, dined with Circassian shepherds, engaged in discussion of the New Testament with Muslim men. Found Tartars "miserably ignorant" of Christ and His works. Eulogium on the Late Chancellor Wythe. 40 pp. 14 x 23 cm. Paper periodical, pages uncut, edges frayed, rough, poor. (6397) $44.00. Religious/Missionary
Minutes of the Fifteenth Anniversary of the Salisbury Baptist Association, held at Salisbury, on Wednesday & Thursday, Oct. 9 & 10, 1833 Concord, NH: Salisbury Baptist Association. Minutes include reports from various churches, including Boston, MA; York, Dublin, Newport, Meredith, Milford (all N.H.); collection for destitute widows and orphans of deceased Baptist ministers, $4.65. 16 pp. 13 x 21 cm. Paper booklet, paper browned, stitched with thread. Good. (4052) $21.00 Religious
Minutes of the Meredith Baptist Association Held With the Baptist Church in Campton, Sept. 12-13, 1866, Rev. Samuel T. Frost, Clerk Concord, NH: Meredith Baptist Association. Association met with Baptist church in Campton, NH; Benevolence is lacking in New Hampshire; Circular letter warns of moral death in association. 13 pp. 13 x 20 cm. Paper booklet, sewn with thread. Good. (4063) $17.00 Religious
Minutes of the Thirty-second Anniversary of the Milford (NH) Baptist Association held with the Baptist Church of Londonderry, NH in Londonderry, Sep. 28-29, 1859 Nashua, NH: Milford Baptist Association. Statistics of membership; Benevolent contributions; Wilton church destitute; Hollis, rejoice in full conversions; Milford: spiritualism has made shipwreck of some. 15 pp. 14 x 22 cm. Paper booklet, sewn with thread. Good. (4062) $17.00 Religious
Missionary Advocate, Vol. XVII, No. 7, October, 1861 New York, NY: Missionary Society of the Methodist-Episcopal Church. Ordination of Christian missionaries for India; Reports from missionaries in Bulgaria, Liberia, Turkey and China; Reports from France and Germany. Statistics on the Kingdom of Christ. 8 pp. 24 x 33 cm. Newspaper, worn, front page has 2 cm. Chip in edge, no print lost. Uncut. Good. (2776) $15.00. Religious/Christian/Missionary
Missionary Herald, The; Vol. XXXV No. 10, October, 1839 Boston, MA: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Journal of Mr. Thomson at Beyroot; gets in trouble handing out tracts. Visit from Arab and long, circular conversation aimed at getting a Bible. Recommendation of Antioch as a field for missionary labor. Mahrattas. Letter from Ahmednuggur. Journal from Mr. Riggs, missionary among the Sioux Indians at Lake Travers. "the Sioux love dog-meat as well as white people do pork." 32 pp. 16 x 24 cm. Paper periodical, name of "Miss Sally Howe" inscribed on cover wrap, very good. (6097) $28.00. Religious/Missionary.
Missionary Herald, The; Vol. XXXV No. 11, November, 1839 1839 Boston, MA American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions 48 pp. 16 x 24 cm. Report from Syria and the Holy Land, discouraging and daunting task; The Druzes continue to throng our dwellings until they are persecuted by the Maronites. Work in Beyroot. Letter from Broosa (probably Bursa, Turkey) among the Armenians and Greeks, burning of missionary books in public bonfire. Report from Borneo of a sea voyage to the mouth of the Sambas river. Six precise and strict Mohammedans, "apparently honest and sincere followers of the false prophet and his delusions." Paper periodical, name of "Miss Sally Howe" inscribed on cover wrap, very good. (6095) $28.00. Religious/Missionary [p. 417: The Dyaks of this village (in Borneo) still continue the barbarous practice of cutting off heads, and boast of bringing in two or three fresh ones every year. In the verandah where we have our lodgings, there are 15 or 20, and some suspended immediately over the place assigned us to sleep."]
Morning Star, The, vol. LXXIII No. 15, April 14, 1898 Boston, MA: Morning Star Publishing House. Weekly religious paper for Free Baptists. Missionary's experience in India. McKinley as a Christian resists the hell hounds about Spain and Cuba. Temperance news. 16 pp. 28 x 38 cm. Newspaper, very good. (4119) $15.00. Religious
Muslim World, The; a Quarterly Review of History, Culture, Religions & the Christian Mission in Islamdom, October 1952 Brattleboro, VT: The Hartford Seminary Foundation. "The Bible in its Homeland" by Siegfried Friedlieb. "The Arab Church in Israel" by Rafiq A. Farah. "Recent Developments in Shari'a Law--the Waqf System" by J.N.D. Anderson. 100 pp. 15 x 23 cm. Paper periodical, very good. (7275) $15.00. Religious/Missionary
National Preacher, The; and Village Pulpit, New Series, Vol. I, No. 10, October, 1858 New York, NY: W.H. Bidwell, 5 Beekman St. Sermon by Rev. George Shepard, DD: The Moral discipline of giving; Sermon by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, Discouragements in the Christian Life. 33 pp. 15 x 23 cm. Paper periodical, cover dampstained and lightly soiled. Very good. (2581) $15.00. Religious.
New and Complete Concordance to the Holy Scriptures on the Basis of Cruden, with introduction by David King, LL.D. Eadie, John, Editor. ca. 1850 New York, NY: American Tract Society. Contains note to the fourteenth English Edition, dated February, 1850. 561 pp. 15 x 23 cm. Leather on board, blind-stamped design, spine worn and loose at rear hinge. Corners bumped, and edges rubbed. Minor foxing, inscr. On ffep dated 1858. Fair. (2260) $42.00. Religious.
New England Sabbath School Question Book, Vol. III 1841 Boston, MA: New England Sabbath School Union. Death of Ananias and Sapphira; Acts of the Apostles; Gamaliel's Advice; Circumcision; Peter's Sermon at the house of Cornelius. 141 pp. 10 x 15 cm. Paper on board with cloth spine, cover faded, edges rubbed, ffep has two small holes; very good. (3517) $24.00. Religious
New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Translated out of the Original Greek, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesty's special command 1856 London, England: George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen 16 x 24 cm. Printed in large type (double pica), with inscr. on ffep: "Elisabeth Dwight, from her sister who dearly loves, and greatly honours her. sept. 27th 1857," Leather on board, edges scuffed, pages foxed. Binding tight. Good. (1720) $31.00. Religious/New Testament.
Notice sur Paul Lelièvre, accompagnée de quelques détails sur la fin de sa soeur, morte quatre mois avant lui, par Matth. Lelièvre, Pasteur 1868 Paris, France: Librairie Evangélique. Les amis de notre cher Paul ont pensé qu'un simple récit de sa courte vie et de sa fin triomphante pourrait offrir quelque intérêt. En déférant à ce vœu, je n'oublie pas ce qu'une pareillle tâche a de délicat et de dificile, pour moi surtout. Paul, son of one of Napoleon's soldiers and a Wesleyan convert, was a preacher and poet; he was only 23 when he died. He left religious poems which are printed in this "Notice." One poem is in memory of sister Loïs, who died at Codognan, near Nimes, at age 25, in 1865, a few months before Paul. Another brother, Jean Wesley Lelièvre, was a Wesleyan pastor. This copy is inscribed by a Peter Gallienne from Portelet, on the British island of Guernsey. He was in a Wesleyan school there in 1868. Religious. Wesleyan. 134 pp. 12 x 18 cm. Red cloth on board with gilt lettering and gilt edge pages. Includes bookmark embroidered "Peter." Book inscribed by Peter Gallienne des Portelettes, Torteval, 28 Juin 1868. Very good. (2646) $39.00. Religious/Biography
Oberammergau 1922, Passionsspiel-Album; Offizielle Ausgabe der Gemeinde Oberammergau [In German] Traut, H. 1922 München, Germany: Verlag F. Bruckmann A.G. Beautiful collection of color photos of Oberammergau Passion Play, 1922. Introduction by Der Passionsspielkomitee. All in German. Photos: Prolog- Anton Lechner; Jesus kreuztragend; Maria -- Martha Veit; Einzug in Jerusalem; Kindergruppe; Johannes -- Melchior Breitsamter; Petrus -- Andreas Lang; Judas -- Guido Mayr; more. 28 pp. 22 x 15 cm. Paper booklet, color pictures printed on one side, opposite side of pages blank. Very good. (6806) $26.00. Religious/Travel
Official Railroad Guide and Temperance Advocate, Vol. I., No. 26, April 21, 1877,
You can just see her now-- a stylish woman, nicely dressed, carrying a basket of these newspapers aboard the S.S. Wyanoke, or one of the other steamships that called in Richmond each day. And when she wasn't delivering papers, she was writing, turning out serialized fiction, poetry-- everything and anything to fight the evils of drink. This copy of The Official Railroad Guide has the words "Compliments of Mittie" written in the title block of the paper, and you sense that this woman was everywhere fighting for her cause. Mittie Point Davis seems to write nearly everything in the paper, for distribution at train stations and steamship berths in Richmond. In the last part of a serial "The Cardinal Bow" she writes about a "cold-water wedding" with lemonade as the main refreshment. The message is: "Don't Drink!" throughout. The issue contains excellent train, steamship and hotel information and ads. 4 pp. 31 x 45 cm. Paper periodical, small closed tears at centerfold. Good. (3546) $35.00. History/Temperance.
Old, Old Story, The; Red Line Edition, Illustrated ©1867 Boston, MA: A. Williams & Co. Tell me the old, old Story, of unseen things above; of Jesus and His Glory, Of Jesus and His Love. 21 pp. 14 x 18 cm. Small booklet tied with ribbon; ribbon deteriorated, pages dampstained and yellowed. Poor. (2596) $15.00. Religious/Poetry
Olive Branch, Devoted to Christianity, Mutual Rights, Polite Literature, General Intelligence, Agriculture, and the Arts, Saturday Morning, September 30, 1854 Boston, MA: The Boston Olive Branch. Strongly anti-catholic posture. Chides the Boston Roman Catholic newspaper "Pilot" for its stance. Ads against Romanism. Serialized fiction. Poetry. 4 pp. 48 x 66 cm. Newspaper, worn, tiny holes in folds. Fair. (3726) $17.00. Religious/Anti-Catholic
Ordination Sermon Preached at Chicester, NH Oct. 15th, 1845 at the Ordination of Rev. Charles Willey by the Rev. E.N. Hidden, Pastor of the Congregational Church, Deerfield, NH by Hidden, Rev. E.N. 1845 Gilmanton, NH: Alfred Prescott "But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God with trieth our hearts. I Thes. 2:4. Sermon relates how Paul, recently delivered from mistreatment at Phillippi, preaches with boldness in God, to the Thessalonians. Relates qualifications for pastoral office. "We are the trustees of the gospel. God has given it unto us in trust--not for our honor, not for our profit-- but for his glory and the salvation of immortal souls." 20 pp. 14 x 22 cm. Paper booklet with decorated outer wrap; back wrap torn off. Good. (7673) $16.00. Religious
Our Message, Official Organ of the Massachusetts Women's Christian Temperance Union, Boston, January, 1887, Vol. V. No. 1 Boston, MA: Massachusetts WCTU. All about the MA WCTU. Sunday School and Juvenile departments. Work for railroad Employees. Fair held in Horticultural hall netted about $2200. Temperance. 4 pp. 28 x 40 cm. Paper periodical, edges chipped, good. (5223) $19.00. Religious/Temperance
Outlook, The, July 25, 1903, Vol. 74 No. 13 New York, NY: The Outlook Company. Death of Pope Leo XIII; Death of James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Opium in the Philippines. "The Mission Indians" by Charles F. Lummis. "A Few Memories of Johannes Brahms" by Sir Charles Villiers Stanford. Studies in Colonial Administration: Sarawak, by Alleyne Ireland, F.R.G.S. "Diagnosing Insanity at Sight" by Stephen Smith, M.D., LL.D. 48 pp.+ adv. 16 x 24 cm. Periodical, very good. (7019) $19.00. Religious/History
Parochial School, The; A Curse to the Church, A Menace to the Nation--An exposé; an appalling account of priestly graft, immorality and sacrilege Third Edition by Crowley, Rev. Jeremiah J.1905 Chicago, IL: Rev. Jeremiah J. Crowley. This is an explosive book by an Irish-born American Catholic priest, published in 1905. He cries out against widespread graft and corruption in the American Roman Catholic Church. The Parochial School, he claims, is established with the aim of destroying the American public school. Included in preface is copy of letter sent to Pope Pius X. This book is loaded with historical accusations against the graft, corruption, immorality and sacrilege of priests, bishops and popes, which has caused some 30 million Catholics to leave the Church, he claims. This century-old book is startlingly similar to the sensational outcry of 2000 and 2001 against priestly abuse of children and the Catholic church's efforts to cover it up. Frontispiece photograph of Father Crowley with facsimile inscription by Fr. Crowley. 482 pp. 13 x 20 cm. Red cloth on board, cover worn, good. Inserted in pages are three small antique paper silhouette portraits. (2652) $39.00. Religious](image705.gif)