Ellen or Visit of the Rod, Marriage to an Unbeliever the Worst of Sorrows (1837)

Dean, Christopher C. [copyright holder]. Ellen: or Visit of the Rod. Boston: Massachusetts Sabbath School Society, 1837. From the London Edition, Revised by the Committee of Publication. [10639] Rose-colored cloth, decorated in blind & gilt, 6 x 3 3/4 inches, binding worn with light stains, no damage. Gold end papers with floral pattern. Woodcut frontispiece of a man and woman sitting at a table in a fashionable parlor, the man pointing to an open book on the table; the woodcut is signed "Devereux." 71 pages, tight, foxing throughout. Good. Hardcover. The story of Ellen who was left orphaned at the age of eighteen, whose mother, on her deathbed, pleaded with her about the state of her soul. She becomes a sincere Christian, but marries a wealthy lawyer, who is not. The book is replete with her suffering in mind and soul over the temptations proffered to her through this "unscriptural marriage," and the fears that she has for her children, who are removed from her home after her husb