Phelps, Austin. The Still Hour; or, Communion with God. Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1861. [12387]
Blue blindstamped publisher's cloth, bright gilt spine title, slight corner wear, tight, 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches. Contemporary gift inscription on the ffep. 136 pp. plus publisher's catalogue. Dark margin stain on most pages (see pics). Fair. Hardcover.
Contents: Absence of God, in Prayer; Unhallowed Prayer; Romance in Prayer; Distrust in Prayer; Faith in Prayer; Specific and Intense Prayer; Temperament of Prayer; Indolence in Prayer; Idolatry in Prayer; Continuance in Prayer Fragmentary Prayer; Aid of the Holy Spirit in Prayer; Reality of Christ in Prayer; Modern Habits of Prayer.
Austin Phelps, D. D. (1820-1890), Congregational pastor and professor of Sacred Rhetoric at Andover, elected President of Andover in 1869. Dr. Phelps was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts, and was ordained pastor of the Pine Street Congregational Church, Boston, Massachusetts, 1842. Phelps published works on hymnology, devotion, rhetoric and regeneration along with some individual sermons and addresses.
