Abbott, Jacob. The Young Christian, Principles of Christian Duty

Abbott, Jacob. The Young Christian: or A Familiar Illustration of the Principles of Christian Duty. New-York: American Tract Society, ca. 1848. [9638] Black calf spine with gilt lines & title, olive blindstamped cloth boards, 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches, frontispiece "The Murderer," extra engraved title page of a skating scene, 395 unmarked pp., foxed throughout, tight. Good. Hardcover. First published in Boston, 1832. This copy carries the 1832 copyright, but the style of text & imprint indicates a printing date around 1848."As to the theology of the work, it takes every where for granted that salvation is to be obtained through repentance for past sin, and trust for forgiveness in the atonement of Jesus Christ. It is not, however, a work on theology. It is designed to enforce the practice, not to discuss the theory of religion. Its object is to explain and illustrate Christian duty; but it exhibits this duty as based on those great principles in which all denominations of evangelica