Russell, David; Boardman, Henry A. Letters, Practical and Consolatory; designed to illustrate the Nature and Tendency of the Gospel (2 vols); From the Fourth Edinburgh Edition, with an Introductory Essay by the Rev. Henry A. Boardman, Philadelphia. Philadelphia: W. Marshall, & Co., 1836. [9643]
Two volumes in checkered teal cloth, bindings scuffed & worn, small hole in backstrip of vol. ii. (see pics). 7 x 4 1/4 inches, 356 + 312 pp., foxed throughout, one gathering of vol. i. pulled (not detached), top corner edge of vol. ii. nibbled. Fair. Hardcover.
"The author of the following work, is a distinguished Minister of the Dissenting Congregational Church in Scotland. He has a large and important pastoral charge, in the town of Dundee, where, it is understood, his efforts have been much blessed in the promotion of pure and evangelical religion...
"A reference to the table of contents will evince that the subjects to these Letters relate, are of the deepest interest and importance. The holiness of the Divine law, the ruined condition of men, the sufferings of the Saviour, the perfect adaptation of the Gospel to our spiritual necessities, the method by which we may secure an interest in the blood of atonement, the nature of regeneration, the true support under trials, the means of a progressive conformity to the Divine image, and the nature of that rest which remains for the people of God hereafter, - these are among the topics discussed in the following pages, and they are obviously topics which concern the present and future welfare of every human being." - Introductory Essay.
