Worden, O. N. [compiler]. 1820 to 1870: The First Half Century of the Northumberland Baptist Association, situated in Northumberland, Montour, Columbia, Sullivan, Lycoming, Clinton, Union and Snyder Counties, Pennsylvania; Semi-Centennial Anniversary at Williamsport, Sept. 28 & 29, 1870. Philadelphia: J. A. Wagenseller, 1871. First Edition. [10627]
Black cloth with blind borders, gilt spine title, small paper labels, 7 1/2 x 5 inches, tight. "Keystone Academy Library" stamp on the title page. Frontispiece engraving of the University at Lewisburg, Pa.; with an additional plate of the University Female Institute. 216 clean pp., with index. Very good. Hardcover.
An interesting compilation of historical material and addresses relating the history of this Baptist Association. Includes a reprint of the First Annual Meeting, published at Sunbury in 1821; reprints several additional meeting notes; a review of the fifty years, including statistics; tables of churches and ministers; descriptions of houses of worship; The Bible on Baptism by George Higgins (1830s); biographical notices of the pioneer missionaries beginning 1774; statement on slavery, &c.
