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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Old Redstone; Or, Historical Sketches Of Western Presbyterianism, Its Early Ministers, Its Perilous Times, And Its First Records

Old Redstone; Or, Historical Sketches Of Western Presbyterianism, Its Early Ministers, Its Perilous Times, And Its First Records

Smith, Joseph

Paperback

General ChristianityGeneral United States HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354507034
ISBN13: 9789354507038
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 478
Weight: 1.53
Height: 1.06 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A rugged church frontier is taking shape: log meeting-houses, itinerant sermons, and communities tested by distance and danger. Names, dates, and hard-won faith. Old Redstone; Or, Historical Sketches Of Western Presbyterianism gathers historical sketches and records from the formative years of western Presbyterianism origins, tracing how congregations and presbyteries organised themselves in what was then the edge of settled America. Joseph Smith writes with the steady purpose of a witness and compiler, preserving the people, places, and decisions that shaped early Appalachian presbyteries and the wider story of colonial American Protestantism. Here are the pressures of 18th century frontier Pennsylvania, the intensity of frontier revival preaching, and the lived reality of early Presbyterian ministers who carried doctrine, discipline, and pastoral care across contested miles. Valuable as presbyterian church history and as american religious history, the book also serves as a genealogy reference for Pennsylvania, offering a route back to families, congregations, and local leadership embedded in church life. For students and ministers, it reads as a seminary church history text in miniature: attentive to institutional memory, public worship, and the hard work of forming a lasting church. Its enduring significance lies in its documentary spirit, including an archival presbytery minutes collection that preserves the practical record of a tradition learning to endure. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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