East, John. My Saviour : or Devotional Meditations, in Prose and Verse, on the Names and Titles of the Lord Jesus Christ. Boston: James B. Dow, 1841. Fifth Edition. [11581]
Black blind stamped cloth, gilt title to spine, edge-worn with frayed corner tips, 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches. 1841 gift inscription in pencil on the front end papers, extra steel-engraved title page with a vignette of Christ in the clouds with a host of angels above Him, 252 pages, foxing throughout. Fair. Hardcover.
"If any person dislike the old-fashioned doctrine of the proper divinity of the Lord Jesus Christ, let him not purchase the ensuing little work, unless he purchase with a desire to read what has been written by one who likes that doctrine. It is a book to be bought and read by those who delight in that 'great mystery of godliness, - God manifest in the flesh.' Let such purchase and peruse it; it will pay them for their money and for their time." - American Editor's Preface.
Rev. John East (1793-1856), Anglican minister, sometime Curate of St. Michael's, Bath, and Rector of Croscombe, Somerset. In addition to several theological works, he compiled two hymnals, contributing several hymns of his own composition.
