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A Little Present For Friends And Friendly People: In The Form Of A Miscellaneous Discourse

A Little Present For Friends And Friendly People: In The Form Of A Miscellaneous Discourse

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Bible StudiesChristian LivingGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354505090
ISBN13: 9789354505096
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 22 2021
Pages: 100
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.24 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Plainspoken faith, offered with open hands. Quiet counsel for ordinary days. Written under the modest by-line A Poor Illiterate Mechanic, this brisk religious essays collection gathers moral instruction reflections on daily duty, conscience, and neighbourly care. Part sermon, part workshop wisdom, it reads like a miscellaneous discourse pamphlet meant to be shared: an unabridged devotional tract for readers who value practical Christian conduct over display. The emphasis falls on friendship and kindness virtues - how to speak, judge, forgive, and serve - in language that stays close to lived experience. These short, self-contained pieces turn from belief to behaviour: work, speech, temper, charity. The tone is candid and companionable, shaped for reading aloud and passing on among neighbours and friends. As a public domain classic of historic Christian literature, the book stands as a small but telling example of lay Protestant moral treatises: classic spiritual essays shaped for ordinary households as much as for the chapel. It suits church study reading, personal devotion, or a thoughtful gift book for friends, and it will sit happily beside longer devotional volumes in any collector's library. Collectors will value its glimpse of grassroots piety and print culture; casual readers will appreciate its directness. It sits well beside other public domain tracts and sermons of the period. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today -- a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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