Rare. An 1820 Confirmations Schein or confirmation certificate with German American poetry, completed in manuscript in 1821 for a Katharina Comfort, possibly Catharina Kumfort. Heinrich..... Read More about Lied für Confirmanden. [“Song for Confirmands”; 1820 Carlisle, Pa. confirmation certificate
First and sole edition. Jacob Tileston Brown (1863–1947) was among the first Black American ministers to write Sunday school literature. (Houston Bryan Roberson) Pages 1–13..... Read More about Theological Kernels: A Question-Book of Bible Doctrines and Baptist Church Polity, with Scripture...
First edition of this autobiography of this Alabamian and influential Southern educator and “planter” considered the “Mother of Black Lutheranism in Central Alabama.” Young is..... Read More about Light in the Dark Belt. The Story of Rosa Young as Told by Herself
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Heinecke’s book was first published in 1869 and then expanded 12 years later, with this edition. Contrary to its title, Heinecke’s “brief account” of his..... Read More about Presentation Copy] Genealogy from Adam to Christ, with the Genealogy Genealogy of Adam Heineck...
One of four known copies. A rare 1759 circular encompassing the “unseemly” behaviors of mixing wine, food, and song with religious ceremony in Colonial America..... Read More about A Resolve of the Honorable His Majesty’s Council of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay,...
One of five known copies. Rare pamphlet written by John L. E. W. Shecut (1770-1836) the noted South Carolinian author, botanist, physician and author of..... Read More about Strictures on Certain Select passages in Doctor Adam Clarke’s Commentary, particularly on those...
A Springfield, Massachusetts minister, Peabody addresses his sermon to three ideas: a.) those who are born free should learn the worth of freedom b.) they..... Read More about The Duties and Dangers of Those Who Are Born Free. A Sermon Preached at the Annual Election of...
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1985 Facsimile reprint of Woodson’s 1921 study of Black churches in America—one of his most scholarly books, revised by him in 1945 and here reprinted..... Read More about The History of the Negro Church. [Third Edition
Manuscript Minute Book of Elk Creek Methodist Episcopal Church in Maryland, New York. Recorded are the activities at the annual meetings of the Elk Creek..... Read More about 1855–1890, Manuscript Minute Book of Elk Creek Methodist Episcopal Church and Society in...
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An 1850 call for unity in the Methodist church in Missouri over the issue of slavery in the wake of the 1844 separation of the..... Read More about An Appeal to the Methodists of Missouri by a Missouri Methodist. [Slavery in Missouri
Cabinet card photograph of Methodist evangelist Mattie G. Allison (?–1932), ordained minister and pastor of several churches in Missouri. The full-length stdio portrait shows Allison..... Read More about Mattie G. Allison, Evangelist. [caption title of photograph; offered with a second photograph of...
Volume of doctrinal and practical theology by Hezekiah Packard, a 1787 graduate of Harvard College, Revolutionary War soldier, and clergyman. The book includes a sermon..... Read More about The Christian’s Manual; Containing Some Thoughts on the following Subjects, viz. I.—On the...
A diverse collection announcing the upcoming schedules and weekly prayer meeting topics of the Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor, held at the First Presbyterian..... Read More about 1886–1907, Collection of 30 Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor (Y.P.S.C.E.)...
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Scarce pamphlet documenting the important schism within the Quaker faith —a nationwide rift— between the followers of Elias Hicks and the remaining orthodox membership. “In..... Read More about Hicksite Controversy and Quakers:] A Declaration of the Yearly Meeting of Friends, held in...
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Bibliographically, Der Evangelische Besuch is a peculiar situation, a case where two distinct periodicals were published together and interpolated, as-issued: “A German companion to The..... Read More about Der Evangelische Besuch [Vol 1. No.1 within:] The Gospel-Visiter [sic] a Monthly Publication...
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Printed in English, The Gospel Visitor aka The Gospel-Visiter —and also identified here as The Monthly Gospel Visiter— was the first paper published for the..... Read More about Twenty-Two Issues, 1854 – 1873:] The Gospel-Visiter [sic] a Monthly Publication Devoted to the...
Rare Philadelphia-based religious text by this interesting individual. An English émigré, Thomas T. Tasker (1799–1892) was a cattle-breeder, inventor, Methodist Episcopal preacher, and publisher of..... Read More about The Christian Minister and his Work. The substance of a discourse delivered on Christmas Day,...
Sermon in support of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 by Rev. John C. Lord, leading conservative Presbyterian theologian, delivered at the Central Presbyterian Church..... Read More about “The Higher Law,” in its Application to the Fugitive Slave Bill. A Sermon on the Duties Men...
Scarce first edition and an excellent tight copy. Martin Grove Brumbaugh was the 26th Governor of Pennsylvania. Mount Morris, Illinois: Brethren Publishing House, 1899. 559..... Read More about A History of The German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America
Fair copy of a letter reacting to a critical review of American writer, educator, and Congregational clergyman Jacob Abbott’s book The Corner-Stone (1834). The review..... Read More about A letter containing remarks on Abbott’s Corner Stone by the Rev’d George Scott on reading a...
Biased biographical guide to those legislators of the United States Congress, 68th, 1st session, 1923-1924, many who are seen as antithetical to Protestant interests and/or..... Read More about The Protestant Who’s Who in Congress. Records of National Senators and Representatives on...
Scarce 1856 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania imprint containing the rules and regulations governing the Moravian church in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. Printed in German, this pamphlet is listed in..... Read More about Regeln und Ordnungen der Brüder-Gemeine in Nazareth, Pa. [Rules and Regulations of the Brethren...
Rare 1850s Bethlehem, Pennsylvania imprint containing the rules and regulations governing the Moravian church in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. Regeln und Ordnungen der Brüder-Gemeine in Nazareth, does..... Read More about Regeln und Ordnungen der Brüder-Gemeine in Nazareth. [Rules and Regulations of the Brethren in...
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Religious order of service or liturgical celebration for recently arrived immigrants to the United States and those in the church who welcome and support them..... Read More about Immigration:] 1907 Rally Day. Our Fatherland. [cover title
First and only edition. Scarce history of this Pennsylvania Presbyterian congregation in Chester County. Thumbnail sketches of prominent members are given, many Scotch-Irish extraction. Oxford..... Read More about The One Hundred and Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the Congregation of Upper Octorara. September 4,...
