General Assembly's Missionary Magazine: Volume 2. This item is unavailable.General Assembly's Missionary Magazine: Volume 2

General Assembly's Missionary Magazinepresents a window into an early 19th-century American evangelical periodical published in Philadelphia. The issue blends biography, church history, sermons, moral essays, missionary reports, poetry, and religious controversy aimed at promoting ministry, education, and Christian doctrine. It includes biographical sketches such as the life of Rev. Dr. Samuel/Simon Smith, tracing Scottish/Irish ancestry, education, licensing, pastoral work, the founding of a grammar school, and a death described as the culmination of devoted service; and a Life of Peter, the Apostle, tracing his ministry from the Last Supper through Pentecost and into the early church, emphasizing the Holy Spirit, bold preaching, and Gentile missions. The magazine features religious and moral discussions on the clerical office, dialogues about guilt and punishment after martyrdom, systematic studies of angels, and expositions of prophecy and the afterlife. It reports missionary work among the Wyandot Indians, polemics against infidelity, obituaries, poetry, and devotional didactics. Overall, it champions gospel ministry, mission, education, and reliance on divine grace.