Henry Alline, 1748-1784

dec blue cloth, [ix], 116 pages, very good copy, CONTENTS: Foreword. 1."The Scenes and Pleasures of a Country Life" -- 2. "Redeeming Love Broke into My Soul" -- 3. "The People Being Much Engaged and Awakened" -- 4. "Some things in these Few Lines" -- 5. "A Burning and Shining Light, and Justly Esteemed the Apostle of Nova Scotia". Notes. Bibliography. Index. Henry Alline, evangelist, hymnist, theologian (b at Newport, Rhode I 14 June 1748; d at N Hampton, NH 2 Feb 1784). An itinerant evangelical preacher in the Maritimes, Alline wrote hymns, religious tracts and a Life and Journal. -- The Canadian Encyclopedia. To Canadians of this century the name of Henry Alline is almost unknown. This biography introduces him to the general reader. Through the story of his life it also recreates the early settlement of the Maritime provinces, and examines the origins of one of the most dominant and continuing themes in Canadian life, evangelical pietism

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ISBN: 0802032478

ISBN-13: 9780802032478

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Year: 1971

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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