Irby Joe BenABAA
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1997217542Chelsea Michigan: Cumberland Presbyterian Resource Center distributor 1997. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Inscribed. Inscribed by the author: "To Thelma Allen -- with deep appreciation for the life of both you and M. F. and for the ministry of both of you. Joe Ben". There is also an note on a yellow self-adhesive note which reads "I don't expect you to read this but want you to have a copy since M. F. indicated interest in it. May God bless you and yours."; Maroon Cloth. Very Good binding. Cumberland Presbyterian Resource Center [distributor] unknown books
1646254829Lyon: Chez La Veuve De Louys Muguet 1646. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Concerning the obligations of the clergy and religious orders to recite the canonical hours. Quite a scarce 17th century French tract with only one other copy located in OCLC and that in Lyons. Full brown leather binding. Very small loss of leather at top of spine and at tips of corners. Very Good binding. Chez La Veuve De Louys Muguet unknown books
4194ALS. 3pg. 8†x 10â€. Cummington Massachusetts. May 14 1820. An autograph letter signed “Galen Holbrook†to his future wife Ann Gould Torrey of Ontario County New York. Holbrooke wrote about the ABCFM and the Native Americans who are not Christian: “…The last Sabbath we had a solicitation from an agent of the Board of Com. American Board of Commissioner for Foreign Missions the ABCFM for the object of the mission as the several stations among the Indians. Many hearts were sensibly touched and opened to liberality by the feeling and impressive manner that surged the claims of the Heathen upon our civilized and Christianized country; and whose soil once was theirs. What a contrast in our circumstances: behold the savages roaming in the howling wilderness in ignorance and the darkness and shadow of death unenlightened by the radiant beams of the gospel of the Son of God strangers to the blessings of refined social circle and to almost all the comforts of life. Unhappy lot denied the favor of Heaven exiles to misery and wretchedness persecuted & driven away by a Christian people possessed of little more humanity than they. We are blessed with civil and religious privileges with the means to acquire knowledge useful & entertaining of ourselves of the world and of the Creator who has given a revelation of himself in the sacred scriptures and of his will concerning mankind. Can we contemplate the subject without raising a supplicating cry to him who has the destinies of all nations in his hand to emancipate these unfortunate class of the human race from that region of moral darkness ignorance & misery whose distant vices are reaching in our ears to provide for their neglect. What gratitude ought to flow from the heart of everyone whose birth and education is in a land of Christianity instead of the savage wilderness or among the Barbarians of Africa or Heathen idolaters of Asia. What strong obligations are we under to the Author of every good & perfect gift for our distinguished favors. Let that love of pity & benevolence which brought down the Saviour of the world & which was exercised toward men ever actuate our hearts. Let us exercise those sympathetic feelings which proceed from principled virtue; that integrity firmness patience & forbearance which characterize the dignity of human nature. But alas! How debased is human nature what depravity exists among mankind even in a Christian land. What insensibility and inconsideration to futurity & what dissipation and vice pervades our beloved Country. In view of the misery of the world how will every feeling heart deplore the evil that procured them and exert its benevolence for their relief. But the day is apparently dawning if we may credit sacred writ when there will be a universal renovation of principles & morals among men when millions with joy will hail the day of millennial glory. I can devote no more time nor room to this pathetic subject. You are doubtless now agreeably in school in that useful responsible employment of teaching “the young idea how to shout.†I hope you pass the time pleasantly; I think you do especially in your leisure hours; when perusing books of a correct refined philosophical & moral taste. By inuring our meditation to books of this kind will give a disrelish to novelty & romance will regulate our judgment correct our reason & control our imagination & give it a direct and proper tendency and store our minds with a font of wisdom and knowledge. However pleasant and agreeable are external accomplishments they can bear no comparison with intellectual acquisitions. Your are well aware that many claim a dignity of character; who have no virtue no merit & who make an ostentatious display of some gifts of nature and assume an haughty & arrogant deportment who condemn despise and ridicule sobriety or anything of a religious nature; who give a loose to the calumniating tongue who foster a spirit of envy and revenge & deviation and who will depress the character of a person of merit in order to raise their own; but such when put in the balance with the virtuous modest candid and unassuming will then be found wanting…Galen Holbrookâ€. The letter is in fine condition. unknown books
16773Religion Children's Literature Rev. Edmund S. Janes D.D. Miniature Bible. With Engravings Abridged and Collated. Philadelphia: Published at No. 2 Taylor's Alley by J. Harmstead and printed by S. Douglas Wyeth circa 1840. Approximately 2" x 2.5" inches. Original embossed brown cloth covers. 203 pages. 18 engravings including frontispiece depicting "Adam and Eve in the Garden" "The Prodigal Son" "Samson Killing A Lion" "Christ's Agony in the Garden" "Moses in the Bullrushes" "John the Baptist" and more. Miniature 'thumb bibles' such as this one were abridged versions of the Bible intended for children and decorated with pictures. Only four libraries in the world hold this edition per OCLC Worldcat's records. Pencil ownership inscription on front pastedown reading "Sallie Hitch's Book Presented By Her Father". Sallie practices her name on the rear endpaper and leaves a small pencil doodle. Textblock tight though front hinge has separated from the textblock. Covers whole. Faint titles to spine. Pages occasionally creased and slightly toned but overall clean and attractive. An interesting beautifully illustrated volume in good condition. unknown books
17061St. Augustine Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis. D. Aurelii Augustini Hippon Eposcopi Libri XIII Confessionum ad 3 M. S. S. exemp. emendati Opera et Studio R. P. H. Sommalii e Societate Iesu. Confessions of Augustine 13 Volumes of Confessions. Venetiis Venice: Apud Nicolaum Pezzana MDCXCI 1691. Very rare first edition. Written in Latin. 4.5 x 3 inches. Contemporary vellum titles in ink on the spine panel. 408 21 pp. Engraved title page. St. Augustine is regarded as one of the most important theologians and philosophers in Western Civilization. Confessions is Augustine's autobiographical work that outlines his sinful youth and conversion to Christianity. It consists of 13 books written in Latin between AD 397 and 400. It is widely seen as the first Western Christian autobiography ever written and is considered to be one of Augustine's most significant pieces of writing. A very important work in Christianity. Final pages of the book contain a printed Index of topics. Very minor insect holes to front endpapers and title front pastedown endpaper is partially detached a few small worm holes to the lower margin of some of the leaves not affecting text. In very good condition. Only one copy in academic or institutional holdings worldwide according to OCLC Worldcat. unknown books
