Rev Andrew Manship (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. Revised edition. First published in 1855.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ninth Edition. Original green decorated cloth. Three letters and three numerals in white at foot of spine, seemingly indicating an ex-library copy, but no other signs of an ex-library origin. Tear on spine cloth, wear at head and foot of spine, tape reinforcement inside front cover, Good. All edges gilt.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1869, 12mo, xii, [13] - 454pp, one plate, being a drawing of the original Plank Church in Philadelphia. Rebound in cloth. Lightly worn, else VG. Sabin 44388, which lists only the Second Edition, 1856, with 398pp. The author, (1825-1892), was a circuit-riding Methodist minister, and most of the book is about that aspect of his life. In 1856 he was appointed agent of the Philadelphia Conference Tract Society and was given an expense paid trip to England and Ireland, which he discusses in the final chapters of the book.…

Condition: New.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. Introduction by Rev. Levi Scott, D.D., one of the bishops of the M.B. Church. Bookplate of previous owner inside front cover. Wear to cover and slight edgewear to spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. First edition. 12mo. in red cloth lettered and decorated in black and with gilt depiction of a gospel tent. Frontispiece portrait engraving of the author. xi+ 189 pp. Very good, spine darkened , rounded tips and some spotting lower front board. A rather scarce (OCLC locates only 15 copies) memoir and historical treatment of "gospel tents" (alternately known as "revival tents") used for Christian gatherings for revival meetings, evangelism, healing crusades, and conversion baptisms. The practice of tent revival meetings in America began during the Second Great Awakening which occurred from the late 18th to mid-19th centuries. The beginnings of "tent meetings" took place in western New York State as the Christian religious movement spread outward from the traditional eastern New England region. These travelling events were often organized and held by itinerant preachers, usually in non-urban areas. The author here describes his first experiece with a gospel tent meeting as being his conversion to God as a young man, at the "Denton Union Meeting" in rural Maryland. Shortly afterward he began to preach at meetings in the Delaware-Maryland area He also held tent meetings in vacant areas of Philadelphia. In many instances, the tent meetings were precursors to the building of churches (usually Methodist) . Rev. Manship goes on to detail meetings as well and identifying some of the prominent men who attended them.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. C.A. Ullrich, Printer: Phildelphia, 1885. 20p. Lightly soiled octavo wraps with shallow chips at the bottom corners. No listings in World Cat. Religion.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 410.