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The gospel of the Jubilee : an explanation of the typical privileges secured to the congregation and pious strangers, by the atonement on the morning of the Jubilee.

Samuel Crothers, John Rankin · 1856 · Scanned text · Free in the US

46,757 words · about 3 h 16 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Licence: PD-US · Published 1856 (before 1884; date from the PleIAs English-PD record). The dataset curator states the whole collection is public domain in all regions (curator assertion, not independently verified); treated as public domain in the US.

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About this book

Authors
Samuel Crothers, John Rankin
Language
English
Published
1856
Length
46,757 words · about 3 h 16 min
Sections
2 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain in the United States

 

Contents (2)
  1. Introduction about 1 min
  2. Preface about 3 h 16 min

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Introduction

I AM happy in knowing that the American Bjbfobm Tract and Book Socikty design to republish and rescue this excellent work from that oblivion into which it has been liable to fall, and to give it that extended circulation which it justly deserves. For originality and strength of thought it has a very high degree of merit, while ^ at the same time it presents the Old Testament Scriptures and dispensation in a true and glorious light. It may truly be said to be one of the best books of the age.

Some years have elapsed since it was written, and important changes have taken place, yet it is deemed expedient and right to let the author still speak what were then his sentiments and feelings. Great injustice is often done to authors by revising and altering their works.

While the American Reform Tract and Book Society claim the right of determining what books they will publish, and will publish none but such iv

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