Thomas Eld Joseph (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair Only. No Jacket. Age wear includes exposed lower edges and corners; spine cocked forward; chipping on spine edges with a large chip near fore-edge on front board; rubbing on cover, with rippled creases in cloth cover from dampstains which have bled through to some interior pages (front and back pages); some other smudges on first few and last few pages. The last document of "the White Pilgrim," a famous Virginia preacher who, in his travels, wrote very influencial poetry, some of which is printed in this book. Born in North Carolina, he was one of the first famous poets from that state. 264 pages. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. B&W Illustrations; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 266, [3] pages; The Life, Travels, and Gospel Labors of Eld Joseph Thomas, More Widely Known as the "White Pilgrim"; to Which Are Added His Poems: Religious, Moral, and Satirical . Bound in original publisher's blindstamped brown cloth with bright gilt lettering and decorative design to spine, this antique volume is a scarce nineteenth-century theological work. The work is illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and plate at the rear of volume showing author's grave. The volume shows light external age/wear, and is solidly bound with clean pages. The book measures approximately 4 1/4" x 6 2/4" . No auction records found, Worldcat locates 2 copies OCLC Number: 7602020 . REV. JOSEPH THOMAS was born near Hawfields (Trolling's bridge on Haw river) , in Orange (now Alamance) county, North Carolina, March 7, 1791, and died April 9, 1835. At the age of seven he was separated from his father and mother.In 1806, having gone to his home in North Carolina, he was deeply convicted of sin at a camp-meeting under the preaching of William Guirey. He began to pray in private, and after a year, at the age of sixteen, he received the evidence of a full pardon. .In 1811, having made a tour through the West, he returned by way of Philadelphia.In 1814, he sold his possessions, put off his [82] "fashionable clothing" and "dressed agreeably to the impressions" of his mind in white--whence his name the "White Pilgrim." He published his "Pilgrim's Hymn Book" in 1815. Graphic of frontis and title pae also available.