Boston: Published by Gray and Bowen, 1831. 8vo. 200 x 130 mm., [8 x 5 ½ inches]. 64 pp. Stitched as issued, uncut; edges with a few minor tears. Very good copy. First edition, with the printer's name on verso of the title-page; a second edition was published the same year. Very interesting and informative essay on the five major tenants of 'revivalism' and its place in American society. Whitman, a Universalist minister, provides a contemporary view of the ministers who were calling for revival and the theological pinning of revivalist's movement. He writes "I hope and pray, therefore, that my remarks and arguments may be instrumental in promoting the cause of pure and undefiled religion." Sabin, Dictionary of Books Relating to America, 103726. Appleton, Cyclopedia of American Biography, VI, p. 484. (606).

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Bookseller's Inventory #: 606
Title: A Letter to an Orthodox Minister, on Revivals of Religion
Author: Whitman, Bernard
Book Condition: Used
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Publisher: Published by Gray and Bowen
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1831

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