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Abbott, J.S.C. – The Child at Home

THE CHILD AT HOME; OR
THE PRINCIPLES OF FILIAL DUTY
FAMILIARLY ILLUSTRATED.
BY JOHN S. C. ABBOTT,
Author Of “The Mother At Home.”
Published By The American Tract Society
150 Nassau-Street New-York.
Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1833, by CROCKER and
BREWSTER, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.
Right of publishing transferred to American Tract Society.

In this 7 chapter work, Abbott (Congregationalist) looks at responsibility, deception, obedience, religious truth, piety, and traits of character.

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Adams, N. – The Sable Cloud

The Sable Cloud
A Southern Tale with Northern Coments
by Nehemiah Adams

This 10 volume work by Adams (Congregationalist) is a culturally dated book, being the views of Northern Christians examined by Adams (a Southerner in the North-South dynamic conflict of the earlier years of the United States). The issue most central of this work is slavery and Christianity. It may be less useful than other books except to historians. Continue reading