OUR NEW DEPARTURE: Or, The Methods and Work of the Universalist Church of America, as it enters on Its Second Century

Published by Universalist Publishing House, 1874

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First Printing. 357pp. sewn binding in purple cloth, gilt spine lettering, covers blind ruled, brown matte endpapers. Spine and top edge faded, tips a bit rubbed, owner's label to FPEP, hinges splitting. Text clean and and sound. Owner's inscription to flyleaf d. 1879 and subsequent presentation inscription d. 1895 to Harry Reed, whose bookplate is on the FPEP. 'a Universalist minister, was born in Dover, N.H., July 29, 1816. He spent his boyhood in Portsmouth; acquired a good education, and began preaching at the age of nineteen. His fields of labor were Exeter. N.H.; Amesbury, Massachusetts, where he was ordained in 1837; East Cambridge in 1838; Lowell, for one year; Bath, Maine, in 1846; Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1850; Sixth Universalist Church, New York, in 1859, where he remained until chosen, in 1867, general secretary of the United States Convention. In that office he travelled extensively, carrying life, energy, and courage wherever he went. In 1869 he accepted an invitation to the Church of the Messiah in Philadelphia, where he continued until his decease, April 8, 1878. Dr. Brooks was a strong man physically, mentally, and morally. He was energetic, careful, able, majestic in his bearing, and powerful in his appeals. By nature he was an ardent reformer, an uncompromising advocate of the Gospel and of freedom. He was a strong and vigorous writer, contributed frequently to his denominational periodicals, and published two works of great denominational value: Universalism in Life and Doctrine, and Our New Departure' (McClintock & Strong).…

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Title
OUR NEW DEPARTURE: Or, The Methods and Work of the Universalist Church of America, as it enters on Its Second Century
Author
Brooks, Elbridge Gerry [Unitarian Universalismh]
Publisher
Universalist Publishing House
Publication year
1874
Condition
VERY GOOD
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
First Edition.
Item weight
35 ounces
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