Author: Green, Lewis W. and McGill, Alexander T.
Title: Popery and Puseyism: Being Two Discourses Prepared Agreeable to a Resolution of the Synod of Pittsburgh of 1843; and Preached Before That Body, at Pittsburgh, September 1844 ("the Right of Private Judgement: Or, Freedom of Individualopinion and Belief. A Sermon, Preached in the First Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, on the Evening of Friday, 20th of Sept. 1844" and "Puseyism: Another Form of Antichrist, Sprung from Prelacy. A Sermon Before the Synod of Pittsburgh")
Description: Pittsburgh, Published by Order of Synod: Luke Loomis, Agent, 1844. First Edition. First edition; 6 x 3 3/4; pp. [7], 6-103, [4]; brown, ribbed, embossed cloth over boards; gilt title to front board; three title pages, as published; small loss of cloth to tips of spine and corners; light residue from a paper label (?) to spine; foxing mostly contained to first and last few leaves; gutter between pp. 12-13 weakened; good to very good condition. Lewis Warner Green (1806 - 1863) was a Presbyterian pastor, scholar, Professor of Oriental and Biblical Literature, and successively, President of Hampden-Sidney College in Virginia and Transilvania University and Centre College in Kentucky. With the onset of the Civil War, under Green's guidance, Centre College was used by both Union and Confedrate armies as a field hospital, while remaining one of very few institutions also staying open to students. He died in office, having contracted a disease, while helping treat sick and wounded soldiers. Alexander Taggart McGill (1807 - 1889) was an Assembly Statesman, lawyer, land surveyor, Indian Liaison, and Professor of Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. He was a vocal opponent of slavery and wrote numerous works on the subject. OCLC lists several copies at institutions, most on microfilm; none in the trade. Good .

Keywords: Presbytherianism


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