A Discourse on the Order and Propriety of Divine Inspiration and Revelation, Showing the Necessity Thereof, in all Ages, to Know the Will of God. Also, a Discourse on the Second Appearing of Christ in and through the Order of the Female. And a Discourse on the Propriety and Necessity of a United Inheritance in All Things in Order to Support a True Christian Community.
Harvard [Mass.]: Published by the United Society, 1853. First edition. Original printed blue wrappers, 7.38 x 4.5 inches, 88 pages. Substantial two-inch portion of the upper corner of the printed wrapper and the first two blank leaves lost to rodent damage; small nibble from the lower edge of the front wrapper; aside from a few light spots of foxing, very good, otherwise bright and crisp copy. Item #19334
“As the Believers in Christ’s second appearing hold all things in common, and enter into a Christian compact of full consecration, in all things, temporal as well as spiritual, we are often called upon to present the example and testimony of Jesus, to prove that he made this requirement of his followers.” Three discourses from Elder William Leonard (1803-1877), “an instrument during the Era of Manifestations, signed the sacred roll at Harvard in 1843 and worked as a shoemaker” (Wegland & Goodwillie 2014). The final discourse here justifies the communal model of Shaker practice. Richmond 861; Maclean 58.
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