Christy, David

The Calvinistic Family Library, devoted to the republication of standard Calvinistic works. Volume I no. 1 to volume I, no. 26 [all published]

Cadiz, Ohio: published by David Christy, 1835-37. 4to, pp. [4], 411, [1]; text in triple column; contemporary full calf with remains of old tape repair on boards and spine, front cover and flyleaf loose, scattered foxing, textblock sound. On perhaps three dozen leaves there are many underlines and an occasional annotation mostly in red or blue pencil by a careful reader, likely by "Isaac Murray / Princeton / March 3, 1849 / U. States" who has written this inscription on the rear endpaper. The Rev. Isaac Murray of Nova Scotia (1824-1906) "received his theological training in West River Seminary, and Princeton Seminary, N. J. In 1849 he was inducted pastor of the congregation of Cavendish and New London, P[rince] E[dward] I[sland], successor to Dr. Geddie. Here he labored for 27 years wielding a large influence not only as a minister but as an educationist and a writer. In 1877 he was called to Thorburn and Sutherland's River. Here he remained for seven years, when he was settled in North Sydney, where he remained until his retirement in 1896. Dr. Murray was a man of fine attainments, and one of the most faithful in his attendance upon Church courts" (MacPhie, Pictonians at Home and Abroad, Boston, 1914, p. 95). In Princeton there is a street named after him: Isaac Murray Avenue. See also the long entry on him in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography. The periodical ran from June 1, 1835 to February 15, 1837 and was done in mostly likely by The Panic of 1837. Ostensibly a semi-monthly, these 26 issues came out over a span of 21 months. American Imprints 44-4781. Morgan 4597. Item #57415

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