The Universalist's Book of Reference containing All the Principal Facts and Arguments, and Scripture Texts, Pro and Con, on the Great Controversy between Limitarians and Universalists

Maroon cloth bordered in blind, gilt titles to spine, damp stain to the front board, small paper remants stuck to same, board is bowed, light stain to back board, 7 1/2 x 5 inches. 381 clean pp. (no interior stains), quite a few page corner tips creased. This is a later printing of the second edition, which was first published in 1853. The first edition was issued in 1844.Twenty-three chapters on the doctrines most of concern to the Universalists, such as hell, demons, judgment, second coming of Christ, the last days, eternal life, &c.Everett Emmett Guild, b. 1811 at Delhi, NY. His father was an Episcopalian and his mother a Congregationalist, both sincere church members. Apart from the common schools, Everett's only education was personal study under the direction of the Rev. Stephen R. Smith, a prominent Universalist clergyman, then of Clinton, NY. He was remembered as an athletic man who enjoyed physical sports, as a debater, as one with a fair, respectful, and gentlemanly manner.