Walker rev james barr (3 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: VG-. 2nd Edition. Brown cloth with blind stamped cover design and gold lettering on the spine. Lightly rubbed. Lettering is faded but legible. Strong binding. No markings. Some foxing on the title page and a little bit on a couple other pages.

hardcover. Condición: Acceptable. 1887 edition, Spine is cracked and the pages are separating from cover but intact. Hardcover book no dust jacket. Light wear to book cover and book edges.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 297 p. ; 19 cm. ; LC: BX9847; Dewey: 239 ; green cloth ; "The discussion covers the living issues of our times between the friends and opponents of evangelical Christianity. The draft of some of the chapters was originally in the form of letters to a friend, well known in literary circles at the east This will account for occasional peculiarities of phraseology. The style is as popular as the character of the subjects would permit. If it shall answer the ends of a hand-book on the subject of heterodoxy in religion and reform, the author's aim will be accomplished." ; Contents : Incongruity of the Skeptical and Theological Philosophy of Liberal Christians -- Variations and Contradictions in the Theological Opinions of Skeptical Unitarians and Transcendentalists -- Literary, Mystical, and Evangelical Aspect of Liberal Christianity -- Better Phases of Liberal Christianity -- Development of Divine Revelation in the three Dispensations of Power, Law and Love -- Personality of God -- The Tri-unity of the Divine Mind -- Human Depravity -- Reconciliation or At-one-ment with God -- Future Retribution -- Refutation of common Fallacies on the subject of Future Retribution -- Written Revelation a Necessity in order to the Moral Development and Moral Progress of Mankind -- Divine Revelation the Motive Power in Human Progress -- Reformers and their Relation to Christianity -- Woman's Rights, Woman's Suffrage -- Capital Punishment ; signature of William Joseph Lowry (1838-1877) on flyleaf and endpaper ; Rev. Lowry was born in Greensboro, Georgia, the son of Professor William Strong Lowry of Louisville, Jefferson County, Georgia. After graduating from Erskine College in 1838, Lowry had his first pastorate in Lebanon, Alabama. He also preached at Camden and other points in Alabama. About 1865 he was called to the G. A. Presbyterian Church in Selma, Alabama. In 1875, he was called to the First Presbyterian Church in Louisville, Kentucky and continued until his death in 1877 ; marks on spine, else VG. Book.…