Richard Newton

BIBLE ANIMALS

And the Lessons Taught by Them for Children

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Produktbeschreibung

"We enter now on a new course of sermons for the young. The subject of these sermons will be Bible Natural History. We shall take up one after another of the different beasts and birds mentioned in the Bible, and, in their habits and characters, try to find illustrations of some of the truths taught us in the Bible, and of the duties that spring out of these truths." -from the Author "Just the thing to put into the hands of the young folks. Dr. Newton is a prince among writers to the young." - The British Weekly

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Solid Ground Christian Books
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 259g
• ISBN-13: 9781599251028
• ISBN-10: 1599251027
• Artikelnr.: 22904182

Autorenporträt

Richard Newton (1813-1887) was called "The Prince of Preachers to the young" by no less than Charles H. Spurgeon.Newton was born in Liverpool, England, died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1836, and the General Theological Seminary, New York City, in 1839. He was ordained in West Chester, Pennsylvania, in the latter year in the Church of the Holy Trinity, and received a call directly to the rectorship of the same church. A year later he became recor at St. Paul's Church, Philadelphia, which post he held for twenty-two years. In 1862 he was called to the Church of the Epiphany, Philadelphia, where he labored until 1881, when he accepted the rectorship of the Church of the Covenant, Philadelphia, where he remained the rest of his life. Dr. Newton was distinguished for his contributions to juvenile literature. He was very successful in preparing for sermons for children