1880 RAY PALMER. Autograph Letter Related to Famous Hymn "Lead Thou Kindly Light." Fine BindingWonderful ALS by influential 19th century hymnist, Ray Palmer [1808 1887]. Often considered one of the best American hymnists of the 19th century, he was in some ways the predecessor of Ira Sankey. Like Sankey, his hymns were deeply evangelical, informed by the personal piety narrative of the Second Great Awakening, and eminently singable. After a potent personal experience during the Awakening, Palmer sensed a call to the ministry and enrolled at
and where should we live without tearing in pieces
A wonderful 3pp very personal letter by William Wilberforce to the daugher of a long-time co-laborer in the abolition of the slave trade
William Fessenden
Corrected and Very Many Faults Amended
That changed everything
Completion of the Bible for the Blind
The present apparently more rarely offered
and such dangerous distractions in this crazy State and diseased Church:
Selected and Transcribed from Her Manuscript Journal
1771 to February 27
We've Scotchmen on board just a few
*Quote and autograph of Ralph Wardlaw Thompson