Newton, Wm. Wilberforce. The Interpreter's House; or, Sermons to Children. New York: A. W. Lovering, 1890. [11594]
Brown cloth decorated in black & gilt, light edge-wear & scuffing, 7 x 4 3/4 inches. B/w frontispiece illustration plus 4 additional plates; one is signed H. Penfield. 349 generally clean pp; the first few leaves have some stain splatters. Good. Hardcover.
The Interpreter, in the context of these stories, is the Holy Spirit.
These are stories that teach Bible truths, comparing a Bible passage to something familiar in a young person's life, in order to illustrate the truth of the passage. For instance, the story of Zacchaeus includes incidents in the life of Davy Crockett, of Faragutt's climbing to the top of his ship in the harbor of New Orleans, and of children visiting Abraham Lincoln in the midst of the Civil War, to sing for him.
There are 12 such "sermons" in the book.
