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192 p.; 15.5 cm. Very early printing [orig. 1876; Starr, A Baptist bibliography R2795 for 40th thousand 1882] Testimonials from 12 users (M.E. Bishop Thomas Bowman (while chaplain of U.S. Senate, warned Lincoln of John Wilkes Booth's 'prowling about') - T.M. Cooley, dean of Law School, Univ of Michigan - Alvah Hovey, Newton Theol Seminary - E.O Haven, chancellor of Syracuse Univ - Albert Pike, Confederate General and masonic author - 5 members of Independent Order of Odd Fellows) on front endpaper. Publisher's advertisements on rear endpaper. -- Tipped in are lists (undated, 1880s?) of members of a committee in Hancock County, Illinois. On rear pastedown: Central committee. J.D. Stevens, Ch'n, Carthage - Dr. J.R. Kelley, Augusta - J.H. Hungate, La Harpe - Dr. J.J. Reaburn, Denver - Geo. J. Rogers, Warsaw. -- On front pastedown: Auxiliary committee. B.D. Hewitt, Augusta - D. Aleshire, St. Marys - Marion Robinson, Ft. Green - Dr. Wm. Booz, Hancock - Geo. Coulson, La Harpe - W.T. Stratton, Chili - H.W. Shoup, Harmony - Dr. J.W. Carlton, Carthage - J.W. Lionberger, Pilot Grove - David Byler, Durham - Geo. Guthrie, St. Albans - John Gault, Bear Creek - James Anderson, Prairie - J.C. Booz, Rock Creek - J.F. Deitrick, Dallas City - John Deitrick, Pontoosuc - O.J. Reese, Walker - Harrison Shepherd, Wythe - W.L. Guthrie, Montebello - James Bolton, Sonora - Chas. C. Riter, Appanooce - John Exon, Rocky Run - Lemuel Mussetter, Wilcox - Leonard Hinch, Warsaw - J.N. Datin, Nauvoo. VG orig. cinnamon cloth. Pages lightly toned.
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