[Hopedale]. Ballou, Adin.

Lecture on the Inspiration of the Bible. Delivered in the Town Hall, Milford, Mass., Sunday Evening, January 16, 1859 . . . [caption title].

[N. p., but Milford? Worcester? n. p., 1859]. First edition. Unbound pamphlet (10.88 x 7.88 inches), printed in double columns, 8 pages, stitched as issued. A little toned, dust-soiled and a trifle worn; in very good condition. Item #22477

“If he be a mammonite, a slaveholder, a warrior, a tyrant, a bigot, an ambitious leader in church or state, a sinner of any dignity, he will fly to the Bible; not to find divine fundamental principles, for they would cover him with condemnation; but to find plausible texts, anywhere between its lids, which may afford him countenance in his chosen course.” A post-Hopedale address from Ballou, tending as one might expect toward Universalist views on Biblical inspiration. OCLC (3/2026) notes five locations.

Price: $250.00