Darracott, Risdon. The Way to Heaven: or, A Help to Christians to know the True State of their Souls; With Fenelon's Pious Reflections. Boston: Thomas O. Walker, 1846. From the Fourth American and Sixty-second Edinburgh Edition. [10022]
Faded cloth stamped in blind & gilt, part of backstrip missing, part of backstrip taped to spine, 4 1/2 x 3 inches. Untitled woodcut illustration of a small chapel as frontispiece, lacking the tissue guard. 128 clean pp., tight, all page edges gilt. Fair. Hardcover.
This book was first published in 1756, under the title Scripture Marks of Salvation.
Risdon Darracott (1717-1759), b. Swanage, England; d. Wellington, England. An Independent minister, trained in part by his father, who was also an Independent minister. He went to college at Northampton during the days of the Rev. Philip Dodderidge's tutelage. Darracott's constitution was not strong, and although his ministry was marked with success in the various places he was pastor, he died at a fairly young age. His funeral sermon was preached by the Rev. Benjamin Fawcett.