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1831WRCAM53633Rogersville Tn 1831. 196229-4003pp. plus wrappers for the Nov./Dec. issue bound at rear. Contemporary half cloth and plain paper- covered boards. Cloth and boards chipped spine ends scuffed extremities worn mid- 19th-century ownership signature on front board. Occasional tanning some foxing. Last two leaves of issue six chipped at top corner costing some text and lacking issue seven. Good. Most of the final year of the initial run of the magazine of the Calvinist Church whose basic belief was that God is absolutely sovereign and whose influence extended to the Congregational Presbyterian and Reformed churches. THE CALVINISTIC MAGAZINE was published in both monthly form and in an annual collected edition with an added titlepage. The myriad of subjects covered here include essays sermons missionary reports revivals and more relating to church matters activities and doctrine. Just a sampling yields chapters such as "Orthodoxy and Infidelity" "Rum Selling Deacons" and "Most Horrible Cannibalism in New Zealand." Of particular interest to Tennessee are two articles in the October issue on the Synod of Tennessee. Not in Allen. AII TENNESSEE 210. hardcover books
1831WRCAM53628Rogersville Tn.: C. Armstrong 1831. Volumes I through V. 3093; 3803; 3853; 2964; 4003pp. Original printed wrappers. Mild chipping to extremities. Some tanning scattered foxing. Very good plus. Untrimmed and unopened. An almost complete run of the first five volumes of the magazine of the Calvinist Church whose basic belief was that God is absolutely sovereign and whose influence extended to the Congregational Presbyterian and Reformed churches. The first issue is the second edition abridged with the first nine issues of the magazine in 1827. The first edition of 1827 includes issues from all twelve months; the present copy of 1827 is an abridged version ending with the September issue. The remainder constitutes a complete run of the years 1828 to 1831 all in individually-wrappered issues. After 1831 the magazine folded for fifteen years before being revived in 1845 then finished for good in 1850. <br> <br> THE CALVINISTIC MAGAZINE was published in both monthly form and in an annual collected edition with an added titlepage. The myriad of subjects covered here include essays sermons missionary reports revivals and more relating to church matters activities and doctrine. Just a sampling from the 1827 edition yields chapters such as "The Carnal Mind" "The Responsibility of Females" and "Irresistible Grace." Thomas Cleland's sermon on "The Scriptural doctrine of the preservation and final perseverance of the Saints." given by him in Harrodsburg Kentucky appears in the June 1827 number. Other subjects of southern interest throughout the remainder of the issues include the popery of Louisiana the synod of Tennessee the Presbytery of Lexington and much more. The 1831 edition is not in Allen. <br> <br> Truly scarce both in institutions and the marketplace especially in such a deep run and in original wrappers in fantastic condition. ALLEN 713 760 809 861. MIDLAND NOTES 89:509 1827 ed. C. Armstrong unknown books