Webb, J. N. A Preventive of Infidelity, or Revelation Sustained by Nature, in Seven Discourses delivered at Ogdensburgh, 1848. Oswego, [NY]: Printed by Hatch & Mills, 1850. [10696]
Worn green cloth with a small nick in the spine, gilt title to front, blind pattern to boards, 6 x 4 inches. 124, (5) pages, tight. 1871 gift inscription on ffep. Dampstain throughout, dark at the ends. Fair. Hardcover.
Seven discourses intended to lead young persons away from skepticism and into the Christian faith.
A scarce title. Not listed in Starr, A Baptist Bibliography, but Webb's 1863 Essay on Communion at the Lord's Table, is listed as no. W2195.
Rev. Jonathan Nelson Webb, D.D. (1811-1897), b. Brownsville, NY; d. Lincoln, Nebraska. He studied at Madison (now Colgate) University but did not finish due to poor health. He was the pastor of Baptist churches in upstate New York in the middle years of the nineteenth century. He was sent by the American Baptist Home Missionary Society to Ashland, Nebraska, where he served as district secretary for the Nebraska and Dakota territories (1870-1879).
"These were years of wonderful toil, in cold and heat, amid difficulties that would have discouraged weaker hearts. His memory and name will be long remembered in the Baptist churches of Nebraska." - Cathcart, The Baptist Encyclopedia (1881).
