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THE GOSPEL NARRATIVES, their Origin, Peculiarities, and Transmission.
By Rev. HENRY A. MILES. 16mo. pp. 174. Price, 50 cents.
This work is designed for families and Sunday Schools, and contains a comparison of each Gospel with the education, life, and character of its author, and with the purpose which he had in view in its composition; as also an account of the transmission of the Gospels down to our time, and the evidence of their uncorrupted preservation.
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NAOMI; or Boston Two Hundred Years Ago. A Tale of the Quaker Persecution in New England. By ELIZA BUCKMINSTER LEE, Author of "The Life of Jean Paul." Second Edition. 12mo. pp. 324. Price, 75 cents.
The first edition of this popular book was exhausted within a month after its publication.
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THE MARRIAGE OFFERING. Designed as a Gift to the Newly-married. Edited by Rev. A.A. LIVERMORE. 16mo. pp. 215. Price, 50 cents.
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MARTYRIA; a Legend, wherein are contained Homilies, Conversations, and Incidents of the Reign of Edward the Sixth. Written by WILLIAM MOUNTFORD, Clerk. With an Introduction to the American Edition, by Rev. F.D. HUNTINGTON. 16mo. pp. 348. Price, 75 cents.
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A TRANSLATION OF PAUL"S EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS, with an Introduction and Notes. By WILLIAM A. WHITWELL, Minister of the Congregational Society in Wilton, N.H. 16mo. pp. 116. Price, 50 cents.
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CHRISTIANITY THE DELIVERANCE OF THE SOUL AND ITS LIFE. By WILLIAM MOUNTFORD. With an Introduction by Rev. F.D. HUNTINGTON. 16mo. pp.
118. Price, 37-1/2 cents.
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SELF-FORMATION; or the History of an Individual Mind: Intended as a Guide for the Intellect through Difficulties to Success. By a Fellow of a College. 12mo. pp. 504. Price, $1.00.
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THOUGHTS ON MORAL AND SPIRITUAL CULTURE. By Rev. ROBERT C. WATERSTON.
Second Edition, revised. 16mo. pp. 302. Price, 62-1/2 cents.
This book has met with a ready sale in this country, and has been republished in England. A London periodical, in reviewing it, says:--"We will venture to predict that it will soon take its place on the shelves of our religious libraries, beside Ware "On the Christian Character," Greenwood"s "Lives of the Apostles," and other works to which we might refer as standard publications, the value of which is not likely to be diminished by the lapse of time or the caprices of fashion."
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DOMESTIC WORSHIP. By WILLIAM H. FURNESS, Pastor of the First Congregational Unitarian Church in Philadelphia. Third Edition. 12mo.
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LAYS FOR THE SABBATH. A Collection of Religious Poetry. Compiled by EMILY TAYLOR. Revised, with Additions, by JOHN PIERPONT. 16mo. pp.
288. Price, 75 cents.
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