A Lover of Truth. A Plain and Practical Review, of the Truth and Certainty of the Christian Religion: Comprehending, I. The Historical Relation of Facts, II. The Objections by which Unbelievers have attempted to oppose them, III. The Arguments by which those Objections are answered, and the Facts Established. Philadelphia: Printed for William Brown, by Joseph Rakestraw, 1810. [10412]
Full calf with red leather title label and gilt lines to spine, binding tight with light wear to the corner tips, short splits starting at the top of the joints. 226 pp., complete. Very good. Hardcover.
Shaw & Shoemaker 21094. The first and only edition of this interesting book.
There are three different signatures in the book: Saml Duncan, Mrs. Elisabeth Duncan, and Tho. Creigh. This last, Thomas Creigh (1808-1880), born in Carlisle, Pa; a Presbyterian minister educated at Dickinson College in his hometown, and afterwards at Princeton Seminary. He was for many years the pastor of the Mercersburg Presbyterian Church.
Our anonymous author answers many questions regarding the veracity of the Bible and of Christian doctrine. It is a thorough treatment of Christian apologetics regarding both the Bible and its doctrine.
