Miller, J. R. The Hidden Life. New York & Boston: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, (1895). [12437]
White cloth decorated in green & gilt, applied photo of the author to front, spine sunned dark, thin chipping at the spine ends, 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches. Portrait of the author as frontis, with tissue guard. [vi], 126 clean pp., tight. Good. Hardcover.
Date taken from the copyright.
"The chapters in this little volume may have their message to some who are striving to live near the heart of Christ. It is the hidden life that makes the character." - preface.
James Russell Miller (1840-1912), b. Frankfort Springs, Pennsylvania; d. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Miller was a Presbyterian pastor, author, and for many years Editorial Secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Publication. During the American Civil War Rev. Miller served in leadership roles for the United States Christian Commission. His pastoral work was often blessed with great success, and he built up several large congregations during his ministries. According to his biographer John Thomson Faris, Rev. Miller sold over two million copies of his books during his lifetime. - Faris, The Life of Dr. J. R. Miller: Jesus and I are Friends (1912).
