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King & Baird Philadelphia, Pa. 1861 titlepage continues: "with additional particulars and a letter from the Rector of the Parish. March 1861." On the back cover is the following: "This edition was given to the Committee of Workingmen belonging to St. Mark's Church, Frankford, charged with the duty of meeting the social requirements of their fellows. The Committee offer the Pamphlet for sale at Five Dollars a hundred, through the publishers, and at Book Stores friendly to their cause." 40 p.; 23 cm. (9 inches). Light brown stiffened paper wrappers. A group of letters involving three individuals interested in St. Mark's Church and the Lay Co-Operation in Ministry movement: William Welch, a merchant, philanthropist, staunch Christian, community activist, and member of St. Mark's from its founding in 1832 to his death in 1878; Bishop Alonzo Potter, the 3rd Bishop of Pennsylvania from 1845 to 1865; and Rev. Dr. Daniel Sutter Miller, rector of St. Mark's from 1853 to 1871. In one of his letters to Potter, Welch provides a bleak picture of Frankford and hence the need for involving the laity more intimately in church affairs: "Frankford contains about ten thousand inhabitants, mostly operatives in manufactories. Infidelity has a stronger hold there, than in any parish of the same size, that I ever heard of; an eloquent and plausible infidel lecturer having poisoned the minds of very many against christianity, and especially against Christian churches and ministers. Liquor venders abound on every side; and there are several volunteer fire-companies, dissolute clubs, &c. Our Church was established in Frankford, after the ground had been well occupied by other christian bodies. The Church members are chiefly in very moderate circumstances; there is no debt on the property; and until the present year, when the Church has been greatly enlarged, its nett income from pew-rents and weekly collections (applicable to the Rector's salary) has not averaged six hundred dollars per annum" [from page 3]
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