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[1832] American Tract Society (New York), 4 3/8 x 7 1/8 inches tall full leather bound, gilt lettered leather label to spine, illustrated with engravings by Alexander Anderson, [4], 404 pp. Date derived from addresses listed in individual tracts for the ATS, 87 and 144 Nassau Street, which the Society occupied from its inception in 1825 through 1832. Slight soiling and moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers, with mild bumping to tips and chipping to the spine label. Many pages have mild to moderate foxing and creasing and some marginal soiling. Front and rear blank free-endpapers are both only partly attached, but the volume is quite solidly bound. Otherwise, a good to very good copy, complete, of this scarce collection. ~I~ [1.5P] A collection of the first 33 tracts issued by the now-inconic American Tract Society. Although the tracts were also issued separately, the gathering and signing of this volume indicate that they were composed and printed as a single unit for this one-volume publication, likely from the stereotype plates of the individual tracts. Each of the tracts has separate paging on the outer corners, and through-numbering on the inner margins. The American Tract Society (ATS) is a nonprofit, nonsectarian but evangelical organization founded on May 11, 1825, in New York City for the purpose of publishing and disseminating tracts of Christian literature. Over the years, ATS has produced and distributed many millions of pieces of literature, and it is still publishing (now in partnership with Crossway). Contents: 1. The address of the Executive Committee of the American Tract Society to the Christian public; 2. The work of the Holy Spirit / by Rev. Robert Hall, A.M; 3. A friendly visit to the house of mourning / by Rev. Richard Cecil, London; 4. Without holiness no man shall see the Lord; 5. The warning voice / [Robert Stevenson]; 6. The one thing needful : a dialogue / [George Burder]; 7. The happy negro / by the late Ambrose Serle, Esq. England; 8. On the Lord's day / [George Burder]; 9. The dairyman's daughter : an authentic narrative : abridged / by Rev. Leigh Richmond, Rector of Turvey, Bedfordshire, England; 10. The shepherd of Salisbury Plain / by Mrs. Hannah More; 11. 'Tis all for the best / ascribed to Mrs. Hannah More; 12. Profane swearing / [William Newman]; 13. Condition and character of females in pagan and Mohammedan countries / [Henry Lyman]; 14. Peace to the troubled : an authentic narrative / ascribed to Rev. John Griffin, Portsea, England; 15. The downward course of sin / by Rev. Andrew Fuller; 16. Pious resolutions; 17. Parley the porter : an allegory / by Mrs. Hannah More; 18. Family worship / by Philip Doddridge, D.D; 19. The moral man tried : in three dialogues / [Thomas Vivian]; 20. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy; 21. The closet companion, or, A help to self-examination / [George Burder]; 22. The Earl of Rochester; 23. God a refuge / [Moses Stuart]; 24. On keeping the heart / by the Rev. John Flavel; 25. The effects of ardent spirits upon the human body and mind / by Benjamin Rush, M.D; 26. Sin, no trifle / [William Newman]; 27. Parental duties / [John Townsend and William Newman]; 28. The spoiled child : a genuine narrative of facts / by W.C. Brownlee, D.D; 29. The child's guide to prayer / by Rev. Dr. Watts; 30. The benevolence of God / [Timothy East]; 31. Knocking at the door : an appeal to youth / by Rev. J. Scudder, missionary in Ceylon; 32. Day of judgment / [Archibald Alexander]; 33. Redemption / by Joseph John Gurney, a member of the Society of Friends. Seller Inventory # I-0642-14581
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