Newstead, Robert. Ideas for Infants; or, Answers in Verse to Scriptural Questions: adapted to the Understanding of Children, and Designed for the Use of Schools: with Scripture Proofs. New-York: Published by B. Waugh and T. Mason, For the Sunday-School Union of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1836. [10472]
Red leather spine, marbled boards, 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches, 128 pp., some foxing, tight. Good. Hardcover.
This book has four parts, each with separate title pages, and with continuous page numbers throughout.
Part I. - has no separate title, and is basic Christian teachings
Part II. - On the Principal Characters of the Old and New Testament
Part III. - Original Hymns for Children
Part IV. - Simple Poetry for Children
Robert Newstead (1788-1865), “an English Wesleyan minister, labored in Ceylon for nine years, preaching, translating, compiling, etc. His life was eminently holy. In 1837 he returned to the English work and was very useful, ready for every call, proving himself a genuine follower of Christ. His courtesy, general intelligence, and unaffected piety commanded the respect of all.” – Methodist Encyclopedia (1878).
