Bairstow, J. O. Sensational Religion, in Past Times and the Present Day. London: Elliot Stock, 1890. First Edition.
Green cloth decorated in black & gilt, 5 x 7 1/2 inches, inscribed but not signed by the author, recent owner's inscription on ffep, viii., 104 pp., tight. Some pencil underlining & marginalia. Very good. Hardcover. [4064]
The author was English, and probably Primitive Methodist, as we find brief references to him in their publications. He is defending what detractors called "sensationalism" among revival and other meetings, with mention of the good the Salvation Army was doing in spite of opposition. He warns against the "devil's sensationalism," but insists upon a godly sensationalism that accompanies the work of the Holy Spirit in revivals.
Not in Roberts.