some old stains to binding
Second page indicates this was gifted to Middleburg College later [minor markings]
a guide & director to the young
The walls of your long patience: I hope no worse
an area he had already been successfully researching in Italy
1865 C. H. SPURGEON. The Sword and the Trowel. First Edition of First Year Ever Issued. Premillennialism some old stains to bindingReasonably well preserved first edition of the very first year of Spurgeon's periodical, The Sword and the Trowel. In addition to his weekly sermons, it provided a vehicle to engage controversies, i. e. Calvinism, Baptismal Regeneration, Sectarianism, The Downgrade Controversy, etc., to provide a platform for many of the excellent people he was surrounded by at the Pastor's College, at various conferences, etc., to promote an interest in Church