RARE ANTIQUE OLD BOOK.

A REVIEW, BY A LAYMAN,  of a work entitled, NEW THEMES FOR THE PROTESTANT CLERGY: CREEDS WITHOUT CHARITY, THEOLOGY WITHOUT HUMANITY, AND PROTESTANTISM WITHOUT CHRISTIANITY.  published by  LIPPINCOTT, GRAMBO, AND CO. Philadelphia 1852.

excerpt-""Who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?" Is this Voltaire, or Bolingbroke, or Paine, who thus brings charges against Christianity, which , if true, would prove it one of the direst curses with which the world has ever been afflicted ? Is not this almost the very language of the infamous editors of the French Encyclopedie, who devoted their energies to rooting Christianity from the Earth; who cast down the alter of God, and erected the worship of Reason in their "high places?". Indeed , it is only to the most rabid infidel assaults, that we can liken the "New Themes". The celebrated 15th and 16th chapters of the "Decline and Fall," are far less virulent than the pages under review.The author of the former work, would not have dared to make charges against Christianity, which................."

139 pages plus 28 page catalogue of valuable books published by Lippencott Grambo in back,  pages have various degrees of spots,yellowing throughout., light watermark stain along top , bottom and side margins. blank page in front has tear. some markings on endpapers.  brown decorative embossed hardcover good with some wear, a little fraying wear top and bottom spine edge. some spots.rubbing,a little bumping on corners. ding bottom edge. spine faded.lines down back cover. gold lettering on spine. book would look great on your bookshelf !!!! Book measures 5" by 7 1/2"

built in shelves first section