Gaines, F. H. Bible Course: Outline and Notes. I. Creation to the Kingdom. Atlanta, Ga.: Franklin Printing and Publishing Co., 1895. First Edition. [12545]
Black cloth, spine plain, gilt title to front, paper label beneath title, "Synod Library" ink stamp on front end papers, 9 x 6 inches. vi, 183 pp., large folding chart with tear near where attached to the book. Good. Hardcover.
This volume is written as an outline and notes for study. It is based upon the lectures that Rev. Gaines taught at the Decatur Female Seminary. It introduces the general features of the Bible and then concentrates on Genesis to the times of Samuel.
Rev. Frank Henry Gaines (1852-1923), b. Tellico Plains, Tennessee; d. Decatur, Georgia. A Presbyterian minister, he graduated from Cumberland University (1870) and studied at Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, afterwards serving as a pastor in several churches in the American south. When pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Decatur, Georgia, he founded and was the first president of the Decatur Female Seminary (1889), which was renamed Agnes Scott College in 1906.
