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George Burder : Village sermons: or, fifty-two plain and short discourses on the principal doctrines of the gospel; intended for the use of families, Sunday schools, or companies assembled for religious instructions in country villages

A volume of sermons, marked with dates and what appears to be a system of initials - possibly some sort of reminder? Examples: "E.F.I. [?] April 24th -1853/Nov. 13th ..53" [p. 158 Sermon title "The value of the soul"]; "V.G. F.I. [?] Sept. 15th 1850/ Feby 27th 1853/ July 8th 1855" [Sermon title "The Lord's Prayer"]; "V.G.F.I. Augt 20th [?] 1854 F...[?]" [Sermon title "The lamb of god beheld by faith"]. In addition, passages of text are sometimes deleted or marked up. Examples: p. 159 the quote is scored through; On the first page of "The Lord's prayer", the sentence in para 2 "Not that we are tied down ..." has half square brackets around it.

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Bruce?      Print: Book

George Burder : Early piety: or, memoirs of children eminently serious. Interspersed with familiar dialogues, emblematical pictures, prayers, graces and hymns. Recommended by the Rev. Mr. Peckwell

[Marginalia]: 4 lines of ms notes on the binding page are now rubbed and difficult to decipher but appear to be notes of references to specific pages eg ;'joys 96, 95-6 to the end'.

Century: 1700-1799 / 1800-1849 / 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: anon      Print: Book

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