Evangelical Lutheran Answers Excuses for Rejecting the Gospel (1873)

Bergstresser, P. Vain Excuses Answered. Philadelphia: Lutheran Board of Publication, 1873. First Edition. [10694] Faded purple cloth, light edge-wear, 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches, tight. 243 clean pp. plus an 8 pp. index. Good. Hardcover. Excuses for not believing the Gospel are described and answered. They are divided into the following categories: Speculative, Practical, and Social, with some being described from a Biblical example. Rev. R. Peter Bergstresser, D.D. (1826-1905), b. Selinsgrove, Pa.; d. Wilkinsburg, Pa. A graduate of Gettysburg College, he was ordained as a minister with the Evangelical Lutheran Synod, was pastor of churches in Pennsylvania and Maryland, and was the author of several historical and devotional works.