Christian Cartoons [SIGNED] 1922 E. J. Pace

Pace, E. J. Christian Cartoons [SIGNED]. Philadelphia: The Sunday School Times Company, 1922. [12174]

Inscribed on the ffep, "To my little friend 'Bobby', the affection of 'Dr.' Pace, on his birthday, Nov. 11, 1926." Brown cloth spine with printed paper over card (hardcover), 7 x 6 inches. Binding is very worn and stained, with rounded corners; the front cover is wobbly due to a partially torn end paper hinge. 96 pages, two leaves torn with loss, the rest with b/w cartoons, each with an evangelical Christian theme. Poor. Hardcover.

"These cartoons are selected from over three hundred which have been appearing during more than six years in The Sunday School Times; and a new one appears each week in that journal...Emphasizing first the supreme value of God's Word and the importance of Bible study, the simple truths of the Gospel are then introduced, showing that there is salvation in Christ only, and that neither character nor education, feelings nor fitness, Christian Science, civilization, nor even prohibition, are in any way sufficient. All men are sinners, but there is salvation for all through the shed blood of Christ and that alone." - Preface.

Ernest James Pace (1880-1946), b. Delaware, Ohio; d. Hendersonville, North Carolina. Pace was an ordained minister in the United Brethren church, was educated at Otterbein University, Bonebrake Theological Seminary, and the Kennedy School of Missions in Hartford, Connecticut. He served as a missionary in the Philippines (1905-1915) before becoming a cartoonist for The Sunday School Times, a position he held for thirty years.

Pace earned a D. D. degree from Princeton Seminary in 1916. He was a faculty member of Moody Bible Institute (1917-1921), during which time he illustrated and wrote columns for the Moody Monthly magazine. He was a regular lecturer for Bible conferences. He took a decided stand against theological liberalism and sided with the fundamentalists of his day.