1843 Thomas H Skinner Sermon Foreign Missions Rochester NY Pamphlet
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Up for sale is an original 1843 religious pamphlet, Progress, the Law of the Missionary Work, containing a sermon delivered in Rochester, New York, by Rev. Thomas H. Skinner, D.D., Pastor of the Mercer-street Presbyterian Church in New York.
Preached during the Thirty-Fourth Annual Meeting of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) in September 1843 and published in Boston by Crocker and Brewster.
Content Highlights:
Missionary Operations: Addresses global 19th-century missionary expansion, citing metrics across 86 stations, 500 laborers, 62 churches, and over 600 mission schools, with references to early evangelical efforts in places like Tahiti.
Scriptural Text: Based on Philippians 3:13 ("Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before").
Condition Notes:
Binding: Disbound sermon; stitching/cord remnant intact along the spine fold. Soft paper covers show foxing and edge wear.
Paper Condition: Foxing, age-toning, and faint staining along page edges and margins throughout. Previous owner price mark in pencil on the upper front cover. Text remains clear, intact, and fully readable.
A nice piece of mid-19th-century American religious history and foreign mission ephemera.
$29.80
Sale price
$29.80
Regular price
1843 Thomas H Skinner Sermon Foreign Missions Rochester NY Pamphlet
$29.80
Sale price
$29.80
Regular price
Up for sale is an original 1843 religious pamphlet, Progress, the Law of the Missionary Work, containing a sermon delivered in Rochester, New York, by Rev. Thomas H. Skinner, D.D., Pastor of the Mercer-street Presbyterian Church in New York.
Preached during the Thirty-Fourth Annual Meeting of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) in September 1843 and published in Boston by Crocker and Brewster.
Content Highlights:
Missionary Operations: Addresses global 19th-century missionary expansion, citing metrics across 86 stations, 500 laborers, 62 churches, and over 600 mission schools, with references to early evangelical efforts in places like Tahiti.
Scriptural Text: Based on Philippians 3:13 ("Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before").
Condition Notes:
Binding: Disbound sermon; stitching/cord remnant intact along the spine fold. Soft paper covers show foxing and edge wear.
Paper Condition: Foxing, age-toning, and faint staining along page edges and margins throughout. Previous owner price mark in pencil on the upper front cover. Text remains clear, intact, and fully readable.
A nice piece of mid-19th-century American religious history and foreign mission ephemera.