1856-58 STANDARD-BEARER. Evangelical Anglican Juvenile Magazine. Missions, Hawaii, Devotion, &c. Fine Binding 900 + 883pp

900 + 883pp

Regius Professor of Hebrew

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Endpapers and text and near fine

1856-58 STANDARD-BEARER. Evangelical Anglican Juvenile Magazine. Missions, Hawaii, Devotion, &c. Fine Binding 900 + 883ppAn important assemblage of three years of one of the primary publication of the Evangelical wing of the 19th century Protestant Episcopal Church. The juvenile devotional journal served as a strategic "Low Church" response to the rising influence of the Oxford Movement and Tractarianism, which many Evangelicals feared was introducing Roman Catholic rituals into the denomination. By targeting the youth, the Society sought to anchor the next generation