In Mother's Arms; Including Directions to Pastors, Churches, Schools and Teachers of This Department

135 pages; Gilt edges (bright); illustrated with reproductions of religious paintings; from the Preface: "This is the first book in the Lutheran Graded System of Religious Instruction for the children of the Christian Church, and is therefore at the foundation of the whole series. The Church must begin with the new birth, and it is here making the hitherto untrodden attempt to train and teach the child commencing with the cradle and continuing to the grave. .As part of the school system, it will probably be best to use the material for distribution to Mothers in the set of Eight Training Booklets in which they appear. ."Book condition: Three book edges are brightly gilded; cover corner tips and the spine extremeties show some light rubbing; a half-inch square spot on the fly leaf is the site of a label? removal, exposing the paper underlayer, which contrasting with the surrounding original surface. Otherwise book is in nice condition.