House. The Homilist: A Series of Sermons for Preachers and Laymen (1860)

House, Erwin. The Homilist: A Series of Sermons for Preachers and Laymen; Original and Selected. New York: Carlton & Porter, 1860. [7679] Maroon blindstamped publisher's cloth faded to brown, 5 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches, light wear to the ends & corners, yellow waxed end papers, recent owner's ink signature on ffep, 496 clean pp., tight. Good. Hardcover. The compiler says the he came into possession of a large number of theological periodicals from England, and selected some sermons and combined others to produce this volume. He attributes much of the contents to the Revs. D. Thomas, Joseph Parker, J. Page Pigg, Baldwin Brown, and F. W. Robertson. The sermons average about seven pages each."While the work is free from sectarian bias, care has been exercised to maintain a healthy evangelical tone. That the true-hearted, the hard-working, and the genuine Gospel teacher, as well as the earnest and thoughtful layman in all denominations, may find the volume worthy of attention and study,