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Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Nelson & Phillips, New York, 1873
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- Prima edizione
Da: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.Barry Cassidy Rare Books
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. Original publisher's dark blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Small note handwritten in black ink on light beige paper and dated 1873 is laid in. 4 3/4" x 7." 309 pages, complete. Two additional pages in the back advertise "Books for the F…amily." Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for light age toning and occasional spots of foxing or discoloration. Covers are very clean and intact except for slight fading on spine, discoloration on front and back, slight wear to extremities, and a slight skew in the binding toward the fore-edge. Binding is tight. A Near Fine copy. An autobiographical, historical, and religious work that promotes the American Methodist Church. It contains autobiographical anecdotes by author and Methodist minster Newell Culver, discussion of Methodist teachings and principles, and a history of American Methodism's progress from about forty years ago to the present (based on the time of the book's publication in 1873). Chapter titles: "My Early Religious Associations and Personal Experience Forty Years Ago and Now," "Class-Meetings Forty Years Ago and Now," "Circuits, Stations, and Salaries," "Quarterly Meetings Then and Now," "Methodistic Customs and Characteristics," "Visiting from House to House," "Camp-Meetings Then and Now," "Parsonages and Churches," "Opposition to Methodist Doctrines and Usages Forty Years Ago, and Fraternal Relations with Evangelical Churches Now," "Woman's Work in the Methodist Episcopal Church Then and Now," "Methodism and Sunday-Schools," "'Gathering Fruit Unto Life Eternal,'" "Educational Advantages Forty Years Ago and Now," "Methodism and the Abolition of Slavery," "Lay Delegation Forty Years Ago and Now," "Numerical Strength of Methodism Forty Years Ago and Now," "Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church," "Methodist Book Concern Forty Years Ago and Now," "Methodist Missions Forty Years Ago and Now," "Methodism--Her Dangers and Duties," "Methodism and the Youth of Our Country," "Methodism--Her Converts and Probationers," "Mutual Claims Growing Out of Our Itinerary Ministry," and "Methodism--What Are Her Assurances for Future Success?".