Author: GORDON, W.R.
Title: Reliance on God, Our Hope of Victory. A Sermon Preached on the Day of Fasting and Prayer, September 26th, 1861
Description: New York, John A. Gray, 1861. Hardcover. 8vo. Half burgundy morocco and marbled paper over boards, gilt spine lettering. 30pp. Very good. Slightest bit of edgewear to marbled board edges (only). First edition, tight and quite handsome, of this pro-Northern sermon about the evils of the then-new Civil War, emphasizing such points as "This war was commenced as a war of aggression upon the Federal Government, by rebellious States leagued in treason; and commenced in criminal haste." An outstanding copy in a superb vintage custom binding. William Robert Gordon served as pastor of the Reformed Dutch Church at Schraalenburgh in Bergen County, New Jersey. .

Keywords: Civil War Religion


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